Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 57r

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Moses: Instruction, Altar -- Moses, horned, wearing belted purse, with left hand extended, with right hand points at wooden altar, and looks toward two men, both wearing hats, one with plane shaping board on trestles, and the other cutting wood with axe raised. Wall in background. Scene in landscape with trees behind wall.
In upper, lower, left, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of Exodus 27:01.