Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century
MS M.494 fol. 77r

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Moses: Law, Offering of Herd -- Of two men wearing peaked hats, kneeling on one knee before draped altar, one raises right hand and the other extends hands holding sheep. Above altar, bust of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, left arm extended, emerges from cloud-edged arc of Heaven. Scene against background of burnished gold and blue diaper, within frame of pink and blue with geometric ornament.
Beginning of Leviticus.