Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, ca. 1250
MS G.31 fol. 156r

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Job: with Wife -- Job, body partially draped and covered with sores (?), left hand to beard, sits on dung heap (ashes) looking up toward his wife, wearing berbette, raising right hand.
Scene on gold background within initial U, decorated with animal head or mask, and with foliate and geometric ornament.
Beginning of Job.