Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, possibly Corbie, 1229
MS M.163 fol. 407v

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1) Decorated initial I, at start of Prologue to Revelation.
2) Bird against gold background within decorated initial A, at beginning of Prologue III to Revelation.
3) Apocalypse: John to Seven Churches -- John holds knife in left hand and writes with pen in right hand on scroll draped across lectern, before mount with three towers.
Scene against gold background within decorated initial A, at beginning of Revelation.