Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 7r

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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) Apostle, Thomas: Scene, Translation of Relics -- Reliquary in boat floats past group of monks standing on shore.
2) Martin of Tours: Scene, Translation of Relics, or Thomas à Becket: Scene, Translation of Relics -- Two men, wearing hats, carry architectural reliquary on poles on their shoulders. Monks witness scene.
3) Thomas à Becket: Scene, Translation of Relics, or Benedict of Montecassino: Scene, Translation of Relics -- Two men, wearing hats, carry architectural reliquary on poles on their shoulders. Monks witness scene.
4) Swithin of Winchester, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter and cope, stands with right hand raised and holding crozier in left hand.
5) Month, Occupation: July -- Man, wearing hat, cuts grain with sickle.