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Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 9r

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Creation Scene: 2nd Day -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, raising hands, stands looking up toward cloud-edged firmament. Diapered background.
Frame of blue decorated with gold and geomentric ornament. Geometric ornament and rinceau in margin inhabited by hybrid man with human torso on body of animal.
Illustration of Genesis 1:7.



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