Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1245-1250
MS M.269 fol. 263r

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Within initial U:
Jeremiah: stoned -- Jeremiah, crouching, is looking back over his right shoulder at two men, one with stone in right hand, the other with stone held in both hands above his head.
Scene against gold background within initial decorated with foliate extension, hybrid animal and animal head.
Beginning of Jeremiah.