Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 355v

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Initial:
Three-quarter figure of man, probably Mark, nimbed, raising left hand within initial M decorated with foliate ornament and with foliate extender.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls and foliate ornament terminating head of animal.
Beginning of Mark, Priscillian Prologue.