Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Prayer book
Italy, Milan, ca. 1430
MS M.944 fol. 46v

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Apostle Peter, nimbed, holding cord attached to key with right hand and book with left hand.
Background of miniature and margins decorated with gold pea blossoms (?). In upper margin, name SANCTUS PETRUS.
Beginning of prayer to Peter on the feast Apostles Peter and Paul, June 29.