Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 286r

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Initial:
Ezekiel: Vision of Shekinah -- Ezekiel, nimbed, reclines on cushion, right hand to face; above, Four Beasts, nimbed.
Scene within initial E decorated with foliate ornament and with foliate extenders.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls and foliate ornament inhabited by grotesque of human head with headdress of feathers or petals, supported by clawed animal foot.
Beginning of Ezekiel.