Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 156v

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Habakkuk: communicating with God -- Habakkuk, wearing pointed hat, kneels before altar, extending hands and looking toward bust of God or wingless angel, nimbed, indicating Habakkuk with right hand, holding book in left hand, and emerging from cloud-edged arc of Heaven. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial L.
Illustration of Habbakuk 1:1.