Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 317r

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Initial:
Bust of man in initial I.
Beginning of Jonah, Prologue IV
Jonah: in Sea Monster or Jonah: cast up -- Jonah, nimbed, nude, with joined hands raised, in mouth of fish.
Beginning of Jonah..
Scene within initial E decorated with foliate ornament.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls and foliate ornament inhabited by man wearing helmet, mail, and holding shield terminating in foliate medallion enclosing blue cock (rooster).