Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 106v

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Upper vignette:
Elijah: instructing Ahab -- Ahab, wearing crown, raising right forefinger and left hand, stands beside man, wearing hat. At right, Elijah, nimbed, wearing monk's habit, raises right hand and looks up toward clouds in sky. Scene in landscape setting.
Lower vignette:
Ahab: departing for Jezreel -- Ahab, wearing crown, mounted on horse, his right hand raised, is in rain. Behind him is man, wearing hat. Scene in landscape setting.
Caption between vignettes reads, HELYE DIST ACHAB FAUY LA PLUYE COMME IE TAY DIT PAS NEUT SI TOST LE MOT OUY QUE PLUYE PAR TOUT DESCENDIT.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including violas and cornflower, inhabited by bird and by hybrid animal, winged.
Viola in decorated initial L.