Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.395 fol. 5v

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Arphaxad, King: building Ecbatane -- Two men, one wearing hat and digging with spade and the other shaping stones with hammer and chisel, work before King Arphaxad, crowned, seated, gesturing, flanked by two men, one hooded and the other wearing hat. In background is man, working (?) before city walls.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.
Illustration at beginning of Judith 01:01.