Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps Gloucester, ca. 1240
MS G.18 fol. 151v

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Judith: slaying Holofernes -- Holofernes, nude, head on pillow, reclines on his right side on draped bed. Judith, raising sword with right hand, grasping his hair with left hand stands beside the bed.
All against gold background within initial A decorated with foliate ornament.
Beginning of Judith.