74. Fol. 463r, Acts, historiated initial P, the Ascension

74. Fol. 463r, Acts, historiated initial P, the Ascension

c. 1275–1300 · Southern France, Toulouse(?), 13th century

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And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight.
ACTS 1:9 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

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