Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, 1260-1280
MS M.177 fol. 249r

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Job: seated among Ashes -- Job, wearing cap, partially nude, covered with sores, raising left hand, sits on heap of ashes. He is approached by wife, wearing berbette, and two friends, one of whom raises right hand.
Scene within decorated initial U.
Illustration for beginning of Job.