Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France or England, ca. 1260-1270
MS M.138 fol. 1r

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Jerome, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk's habit, seated at table writes on ruled parchment. He holds scraper in left hand and pen in right hand.
Figure seated under trefoil arch within initial F, stem forming marginal extender inhabited by hybrid animal. Initial F surmounted by bird.
Illustration for beginning of Jerome, Epistle to Paulinus.