Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 345v

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Initial:
Three quarter figure of man, holding book with draped right hand and raising left hand withing initial M decorated tieh foliate ornament and foliate extender.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls, foliate ornament and hybrid animal with human hand, terminating in foliate medallion enclosing animal.
Beginning of Matthew, Priscillian Prologue.