Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, perhaps Oxford, ca. 1265
MS G.42 fol. 313v

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Evangelist Mark, nimbed and tonsured, writing in book on lectern, holding quill in right hand and scraper in left hand is seated on bench below arch.
Figure against gold background within initial I decorated with bird perched at top and foliate ornament throughout.
Beginning of Mark.