Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Livres de bonnes moeurs
France, Rouen, ca. 1420
MS M.734 fol. 3r

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Angel: Fall -- Within arc of Heaven, surrounded by four winged red cherubim, God, nimbed, wearing triple crowned papal tiara, raising right hand, indicates with left hand and looks right. At right angel wearing tunic with knotted sash at waist, over mail or armor, raises sword with right hand and holds shield with left hand above falling angel; another angel wearing armor, touches with spear held with both hands, angel, looking back up at him. Below, winged devils with horns and clawed feet fall into fiery pit.
Nebuchadnezzar: become Beast -- In left foreground, Nebuchadnezzar, crowned, grazes amid animals including sheep, ram, and possibly two antelope, one backturned.
Scenes in landscape with hillocks, trees.