Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps Oxford, ca. 1265
MS G.42 fol. 341v

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Apostle Paul, pearled nimbus, holding upturned sword in right hand and raising his left hand, stands beside Sosthenes of Corinth, right hand raised.
Figures on pink patterned background within initial P decorated with marginal extension containing foliate ornament.
Beginning of I Corinthians.