Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeremiah, Prologue IV.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 083v

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Partial figure of nude man, wearing hood, shield at left side, as initial I at beginning of fourth prologue to Jeremiah.
Jeremiah: Vision of seething Pot -- Jeremiah as half-figure, pearled nimbus, gesturing with right hand, looking up toward fire in horizontal pot, in initial U at beginning of Jeremiah.
Partial figure of grotesque with animal head and human torso, holding halberd and shield in left margin, next to initial U, as terminus of decorated vertical bar.
In lower margins, medallions of decorated foliate vine enclose two animals, one with tongue emerging from open mouth showing teeth.
Pen-flourished initials.