Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Ezekiel.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 110v

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Ezekiel: Vision of Shekinah -- In upper register of initial E, heads of Four Beasts, nimbed; below, Ezekiel, decorated nimbus, eyes closed, right hand supporting head, next to two other figures, eyes closed, one with left hand to face. At right, water falling from arc of Heaven (?).
Beginning of Ezekiel.
In center margin, inserted into decorated vertical bar, grotesque animal with horse head and human body.
In lower margin, partial figure of man hangs from foliage. Two medallions of decorated foliate vine enclose grotesque with animal head and human torso, holding book with both hands; opposite, grotesque nude man blowing horn.