Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 8r

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Creation Scene -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, holds globe with left hand, and compass on globe, with right hand.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with gold and geometric ornament. Geometric ornament and rinceau in margins inhabited by owl, and by siren and hybrid man with bird body, facing each other, flanking tree.
Illustration of Genesis 1:6.