Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 83v

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Moses: Law, Offering of Herd (?) -- Above tree, Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerges from cloud-edged arc of Heaven holding book in left hand, with right hand indicating Moses, horned, standing before building. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial N.
Illustration of Leviticus 1:1-13.