Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 23r

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Temple of Jerusalem: Building --Man standing behind wall of building holding block on top of the wall with left hand, tapping the block with handle of mallet held with right hand.
Scene against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating to rebuilding of the temple during the reign of Darius I of Persia.