Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 177v

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Initial:
1) Jerome, nimbed and tonsured, raising left hand.
Scene within initial L decorated with foliate ornament and with foliate ornament.
2) Esther, crowned, raising left hand, looking toward text at right.
Scene within initialS decorated with foliate ornament and with foliate ornament.
Beginning of Esther, Prologue and Esther, Prologue II.