Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, between 1250 and 1300
MS M.193 fol. 176v

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Adam: Descendants -- Group of eleven men, most only tops of heads visible; three foremost gesturing. All enclosed in initial A, decorated with foliate ornament, composed of elongated body of fantastic animal, mouth open. Beginning of I Chronicles (Vulg., I Paralipomenon).