Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 8r

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Top margin with greyhound (emblem of Henry VII ?).
Margins with five vignettes in architectural framework (described top to bottom):
1) Apostle, Peter: in Prison -- Man stands behind Apostle Peter, tonsured, bound in chains with hands behind his back.
2) Donatus of Arezzo (?), nimbed, wearing bishop's miter and cope, stands holding open book with pseudo-inscription in right hand and crozier in left hand.
3) Lawrence of Rome, nimbed, tonsured, wearing deacon's vestments, stands holding open book with pseudo-inscription in right hand and gridiron in left hand.
4) Virgin Mary: Assumption -- Virgin Mary, with joined hands raised, is lifted by six angels. Below is Apostle Thomas, holding girdle in extended hands.
5) Month, Occupation: August -- Two men with flails thresh bundles of grain.