Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, between 1225 and 1250
MS M.66 fol. 224r

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Tobit: blinded -- Tobit, semi-reclining on mattress; bird flying away from his face. All within initial T composed of two fantastic animals, one biting the body of the other, holding ball in open mouth. Beginning of Tobit (Vulg., Tobias). Pen-flourished initial P.