Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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France, ca. 1260
MS M.111 fol. 187v

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Apostle, Paul: Charge to Timothy -- Apostle Paul, nimbed, seated on bench, holds sword in left hand and gives book, held in right hand, to Timothy of Ephesus, wearing miter and bishop's vestments with apparel on alb, standing.
Scene within initial P decorated with foliate ornament, stem forming marginal extender.
Beginning of I Timothy.