Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century
MS M.494 fol. 151r

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Judah: appointed -- Judah, wearing peaked hat, kneels on one knee, extending right hand toward bust of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerging from cloud-edged arc of Heaven, with left hand raised. Scene against background of blue diaper and burnished gold, within frame of pink and blue with geometric ornament.
Beginning of Judges.