Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Joel, Prologue II.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 143r

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Partial figure of man wearing flat hat, with collar inscribed with cross, in initial I at beginning of second prologue to Joel.
Joel: preaching -- Joel, decorated nimbus, seated on cushioned bench, gesturing with raised right hand, grasping scroll with left hand. Opposite, three birds on ground.
All within initial U at beginning of Joel.
In center margin next to the initial, grotesque man wearing hat, head and body draped, only one eye visible.
In lower margin Christ as half-figure, crossed nimbus, raising right hand in blessing, enclosed in mandorla, is flanked by two half-figures of male saints, decorated nimbi, each holding book.