Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 100r

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Jeremiah, wearing pointed hat, is seated on chair, looking at quill in raised right hand and holding knife in left hand on book on foliate lectern. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial L.
Illustration at the beginning of Jeremiah.