Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century
MS M.494 fol. 475r

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Amos: as Shepherd -- Amos, wearing peaked hat, raising right hand, and holding pedum in left hand, kneels on right knee. He looks up at head of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerging from cloud-edged arc of Heaven. At right are four sheep and tree next to hill. Scene has background of pink diaper and burnished gold within frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament.
Beginning of Amos.