Syriac Bible of Paris

The illumination consists of miniatures introducing each of the books of the Bible and set into one or two of the text columns.

Job is pictured lying naked on the dung heap, covered with sores.

The miniature before the Book of Proverbs shows the Virgin and Child, flanked by Solomon, representing the wisdom of the Old Testament, and Ecclesia, a personification of the Christian Church.

The miniatures show mixture of Hellenistic heritage and a native Syriac tradition.

The manuscript is assumed to have come from the episcopal library of Siirt near Lake Van, where it may have been produced.