Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 38r

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Jacob: Dream -- Beside tree, on ladder are angel, nimbed, ascending and another, nimbed, descending. To right, Jacob, wearing pointed hat, reclines in draped bed, next to cloth draped over pole.
Frame of blue decorated with gold and geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial D.
Illustration of Genesis 28:11-15.