Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, Oxford, ca. 1220
MS M.791 fol. 288r

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Proverbs: Illustration -- Three men, wearing hats, two raising right hand, stand behind Solomon, foliate scepter in right hand, seated on bench beside Personification of Wisdom, veiled, crowning him.
Scene against background of gold within initial P decorated with interlace and foliate ornament.
Beginning of Proverbs