Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, Lombardy, ca. 1475-1500
M.256 fol. 151r

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Saint or apostle, nimbed, looking at open book held with both hands, standing before wall with buildings and hills in background, within initial C decorated with foliate ornament.
Margins decorated with blocks of floreate ornament on gold ground, inhabited by two confronted putti, one raising right and holding stem of bunch of grapes with left, the other grasping the bunch of grapes with left hand. (Scene, Sports and Games: Wrestling)