Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 92r

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Isaiah: prophesying Birth of Christ -- Isaiah and male figure, both bearded, face one another before crowd seated on ground. Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, beardless, looks down from cloud.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man plays bagpipe and woman dances.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.