Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 140r

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Daniel, as scribe, wearing pointed hat, is seated on chair, holding knife in left hand and quill in right 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 A inhabited by fantastic animal.
Illustration at beginning of Daniel.