Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 5v

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Top margin with greyhound (Emblem of Henry VII ?).
Margins with five vignettes in architectural framework (described top to bottom):
1) Dunstan of Canterbury, wearing bishop's miter and vestments, stands with right hand raised in blessing and holding crozier in left hand.
2) Desiderius of Langres, nimbed, tonsured, wearing vestments, stands holding martyr's palm in right hand and open book with pseudo-inscription in left hand.
3) Augustine of Canterbury, wearing bishop's miter and vestments, stands with right hand raised and holds crozier in left hand.
4) Pope Felix I, wearing triple-crown papal tiara and vestments, sits on throne holding cross-staff in left hand and with right hand raised in blessing.
5) Zodiac Sign: Gemini -- Nude man and woman embrace behind shield. Scene in landscape.