Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 383r

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Initial:
Cleric, tonsured, seated, holding open book in initial P, decorated with foliate ornament and with foliate extenders.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls and foliate ornament terminating in foliate medallion enclosing lion; mask or face of man to right of medallion.
Beginning of Romans, Prologue III