Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, between 1250 and 1300
MS M.193 fol. 227r

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Tobit: blinded -- Tobit, indicating with left hand, closed left eye, semi-reclines on bed flanked by curtains. Bird flies above him. All enclosed in initial T decorated with foliate ornament. Pen-flourished initial P. Beginning of Tobit (Vulg., Tobias).