Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, perhaps Lombardy, 1320
MS M.215 fol. 425v

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Three-quarter figure of apostle Paul, nimbed, holding raised sword in right hand and book in left hand.Green and purple background.
Foliate ornament on extenders of initial P, inhabited by nude man, with joined hands, and by two birds.
Beginning of Colossians.