Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, between 1225 and 1250
MS M.66 fol. 228v

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Judith: slaying Holofernes -- Holofernes, nude body partially draped, reclines on draped bed. Judith, raising sword with right hand, grasping his hair with left hand, stands next to the bed. All within initial A partially composed of fantastic animal biting right side of the initial, at beginning of Judith.