Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps Oxford, ca. 1265
MS G.42 fol. 63v

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Moses: Death -- Moses, horned, eyes closed, his head resting on cushion, reclines on draped bed, behind which stands woman, wearing knotted headdress, her hands clasped at her breast, and two men, each with right hand touching his face, one of whom gestures toward bed with left hand.
Scene on pink patterned background within initial E.
Beginning of Joshua.