Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 181v

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Solomon: Judgment -- Solomon, crowned, raising right hand, is seated cross-legged on chair. Before him are two women, wearing hairnets, one kneeling with joined hands extended toward him, and the other standing, holding swaddled infant. All below trilobed arches against diapered background.
Frame of blue decorated with gold and geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial A.
Illustration of I Kings 3:16-27 (Vulg., III Kings).