Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Histoire de la Bible et de l’Assomption de Notre-Dame
France, Paris, between 1390 and 1400
MS M.526. Fol. 027r

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John Baptist: Birth -- In upper left column, Elizabeth, veiled, head on pillow, reclines on draped bed. Midwife, nimbed, stands next to the bed holding swaddled infant John Baptist, nimbed.
Zacharias: speechless -- Zacharias, wearing hat, writing with stylus on tables held in left hand, is seated on bench.Pen-flourished initials.