Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Histoire de la Bible et de l’Assomption de Notre-Dame
France, Paris, between 1390 and 1400
MS M.526. Fol. 018v

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Moses: breaking Tables of Law -- In left column, Moses, wearing hat, raising right hand, holding cord attached to Tables of Law with left hand stands behind three men, wearing hats, two looking back at Moses, two with joined hands raised. They kneel before idol of bull on pedestal or altar.
Moses: Scene, departing from Israelites -- In upper right column, four Israelites, including two men wearing hats, and woman, two gesturing, look toward Moses, wearing hat. He looks back over right shoulder toward the four Israelites, and with right hand indicates bull at right. Stream is in foreground.Pen-flourished initials.