Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, between 1225 and 1250
MS M.66 fol. 442r

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Mattathias: slaying Jew -- Mattathias, holding raised sword with right hand, with left hand grasps hair of Jew, holding with both hands bowl containing head of animal, kneeling on one knee. Scene in initial E at beginning of I Maccabees.