Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 112r

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Upper vignette:
Naboth: stoned (I Kings 21:14: Receiving message of Naboth's death) -- Ahab, wearing crown, with left hand raised, extends right hand toward man, with right forefinger extended, holding hat in left hand.
Lower vignette:
Ahab: denounced by Elijah -- Ahab, wearing crown, with left hand raised, stands before Elijah, nimbed, wearing monk's habit, extending right hand. Between them is Naboth, nude, bleeding from wounds, reclining on ground. Scene amid grapevines, in landscape setting.
Caption between vignettes reads, NABAOTH MORT ACHAB A LA PE(N)DRE DE LA VIGNE POCESSION DONT HEHELE AL LA REPRENDRE ET MO(N)STRER SA PUGMEION.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including roses, cornflowers, and violas, inhabited by moth and by hybrid animal.