Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, probably Palermo, first quarter of the 14th century
MS G.60 fol. 482v

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Jonah: cast up -- Above is city of Nineveh; below, in water, Jonah, grasping branch of tree, emerges from mouth of whale.
Scene against blue background within initial E decorated with foliate extenders.
Beginning of Jonah.