Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, ca. 1250
MS G.31 fol. 187r

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Woman, crowned, sits on bench, raising left hand, indicating, with right hand, deceased (?) man on ground. She looks toward youth, wearing fillet or olive wreath, holding fleur-de-lis in raised right hand.
Scene on gold background within initial U, decorated with animal head or mask, and with foliate and geometric ornament.
Beginning of Ecclesiastes.