Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps Oxford, ca. 1265
MS G.42 fol. 344v

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Apostle Paul, nimbed, holding upturned sword with both hands, is seated on bench looking up at angel, pearled nimbus, right hand extended, emerging from cloud.
Figures on blue background within initial P decorated with marginal extension containing foliate ornament and fantastic animal.
Beginning of II Corinthians.