Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century
MS M.494 fol. 406r

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Jeremiah: stoned -- Man wearing winged headgear, holding stone in right hand and holding stones in fold of tunic with left hand, stands before Jeremiah, kneeling on left knee. Jeremiah, resting right hand on right knee, and raising left hand, looks back over left shoulder at half figure of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, raising right hand in gesture of blessing, and holding tripartite globe in draped left hand, in cloud-edged arc of Heaven. Scene has background of blue diaper within frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament.
Beginning of Jeremiah.