Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Micah.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 148v

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Micah: prophesying before Tower -- Micah, pearled nimbus, gesturing with raised right hand, seated on cushioned bench opposite three (?) soldiers, foremost holding spear and shield, second holding shield. Tower at right.
All within initial U at beginning of Micah.
Dove (?), wings stretched, perching on decorated horizontal bar in upper margin.
In left margin, nude man, wearing hood, body partially draped, linking two halves of decorated vertical bar.
In lower margin, on decorated foliate vine, three-quarter figures of two men, one wearing hat with leaf, holding raised sword with right hand, shield at left side, other man raising draped right hand.
Penf-flourished initial U.