Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 10r

See more information »

Male saint, nimbed, wearing hood, stands and holds crozier in both hands. Beside him stands Ambrose of Milan, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter and vestments, with right hand gesturing and holding processional cross in left hand. Above them are God, dove of Holy Ghost, and Christ, all nimbed (Trinity: Two Persons flanking Dove).
Miniature executed in cama³aeu.
Margins with foliate ornament. In right margin is four-legged fantastic animal with hoop around body; in lower margin is bird, grooming its wing with its beak.