Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 6v

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Top margin with fire-breathing dragon (emblem of Henry VII ?).
Margins with five vignettes in architectural framework (described top to bottom):
1) Edward the Martyr: Scene, Translation of Relics -- Two men, wearing hats, carry architectural reliquary on poles on their shoulders. Monk, wearing habit, and other man witness scene.
2) John Baptist: Birth -- Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing veil, sits in bed beneath covers. Beside her stands Virgin Mary (?), nimbed, holding nude infant John, nimbed. At foot of bed stands woman, possible midwife.
3) Pope Leo II, wearing triple-crown papal tiara and cope, stands holding open book in right hand and cross-staff in left hand.
4) Apostle Peter, nimbed, tonsured, holding key, stands beside apostle Paul, nimbed, holding sword in right hand.
5) Zodiac Sign: Cancer -- Lobster in water.