Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P: St. Paul with a Sword and a Book

Leaf from a Latin Bible: Initial P: St. Paul with a Sword and a Book

c. 1230–40 · William de Brailes (English, active c. 1230)

ink, tempera, and gold on vellum

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