Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century
MS M.494 fol. 439v

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Ezekiel: Vision of Shekinah -- Ezekiel, wearing hat, eyes closed, his head supported by right hand, semi-reclines on draped bed. Above, heads of four Evangelist symbols, nimbed, emerge from two cloud-edged arcs of Heaven. Scene has background of pink diaper within frame of blue decorated with geometric ornament.
Beginning of Ezekiel.