Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1515
MS M.399 fol.324v

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Within garden enclosed by wall, Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed, crowned, holding sword in right hand, tramples Maxentius, crowned, holding scepter in right hand. Behind her is patterned hanging.
Scene framed by border decorated with flowers, including columbine and rose, and inhabited by owl in lower border.