Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France or England, ca. 1260-1270
MS M.138 fol. 40r

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Moses: communicating with God -- God, decorated nimbus, barefoot, raises right forefinger, and extends Tables of Law to Moses, decorated nimbus, horned.
Scene within decorated initial L, with its ascender forming marginal extender. Bird surmounts ascender.
Illustration for Numbers 1:1-16.