Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Histoire de la Bible et de l’Assomption de Notre-Dame
France, Paris, between 1390 and 1400
MS M.526. Fol. 032v

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John Baptist: I am not the Christ -- In left column, foremost of three men wearing hats gestures toward John Baptist, nimbed, gesturing with right hand, in landscape with trees.
John Baptist: before Herod Antipas -- In right column, foremost of two men extends left hand to back of John Baptist, nimbed, raising left hand, indicating with right hand, Herod Antipas, crowned, right hand on breast, seated on draped throne. Man wearing hat, holding rod (?) stands behind the throne.