Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, ca. 1260
MS M.111 fol. 164v

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Apostle Paul, nimbed, tonsured, seated on bench, holding sword in right hand, grasps book held by standing male figure, nimbed, tonsured.
Figures within initial P decorated with foliate and geometric ornament, stem forming marginal extender at base of which is blue horse.
Beginning of I Corinthians.