Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 32v

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Pharaoh: Dream, Joseph interpreting -- Joseph, extending right hand, kneels, presented by butler, standing with right hand on Joseph, left hand on breast, both before Pharaoh, wearing crown and fur-trimmed mantle, holding fleur-de-lis scepter in right hand, seated on throne beneath canopy. Scene in landscape with tree and rock.
In upper, lower, left, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of Genesis 41:14-16.