Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France or England, ca. 1260-1270
MS M.138 fol. 292v

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Mattathias, raising sword held in right hand, places hand on head of Jew, kneeling on one knee, holding platter in which is boar's head.
Scene within decorated initial E.
Illustration for I Maccabees 2:23-25.