Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 10r

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Creation Scene: 4th Day -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, arms raised, holding sun in right hand and personification of moon in left hand, stands below clouds in blue sky. Diapered background with fleur-de-lis.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with gold and geomentric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament in margin inhabited by butterfly and hybrid man with animal body.
Illustration of Genesis 1:14-19.