Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, ca. 1250
MS G.31 fol. 145r

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Tobit: blinded -- Tobit, wearing hat, resting head on right hand, facing upward; bird flies away, leaving trail back to eye of Tobit.
Scene on gold background within initial T decorated with fantastic animal and with foliate ornament.
Beginning of Tobit (Vulg., Tobias).