Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1480-1500
MS M.179 fol. 145v

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Job: with Friends Three -- Job, wearing loincloth, seated on dungheap, looks toward foremost of three men, wearing hat and gesturing toward Job with right hand. Second man wearing hood, gesturing with both hands, kneels on one knee beside Job, and the third stands in background, wearing hat, arms crossed, looking toward Job. In background are bush, castle with statue in niche, and tower on hill in distance.
Miniature within architectural frame and flanked by two male statues on colonnettes. Frame resting on grass with flowering plants.