Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France or England, ca. 1260-1270
MS M.138 fol. 162v

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Job: seated among Ashes -- Job, head covered, partially nude, reclines on heap of ashes. Male figure, possibly a friend, raising left hand, stands beside him. Wife of Job, wearing berbette, raising right hand and pointing, stands before Job.
Scene within decorated initial U.
Illustration for Job 2:8-10.