Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, possibly Paris, between 1250 and 1275
MS M.970 fol. 160v

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Beginning of I Esdras (Vulg., III Esdras).
Josiah: Passover, Josiah Asperging -- Josiah, tonsured, holds situla in left hand and raises aspergil in right hand, before draped altar. Scene in decorated initial E.