Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 47v

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Moses: Law, Offering of Firstborn -- Two youths, with arms crossed on breast, stand on grass before Moses, horned, with right hand outstretched and left hand holding mantle, in front of draped altar upon which are two loaves of unleavened bread. Scene with foliate background.
In upper, lower, left, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of Exodus 13:02.