Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Jeremiah, Epistle.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 109v

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Baruch, wearing cap, seated on cushioned bench at desk, holding with left hand scroll on the desk, and writing with pen in right hand.
Figure in initial P at beginning of Baruch, chapter 6, Jerome's epistle to Babylonian captives.
In lower margin, grotesque nude man with elongated body, grasping right leg with right hand, with tail terminating with foliage, behind shield, next to spear. He looks toward grotesque animal with nude human body, holding spear and small round shield (buckler). Figures enclosed in decorated foliate medallions.
Pen-flourished initials.