Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, 1450-1475
MS M.56 fol. 127r

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Scene, Liturgical: Obsequies -- Six men stand beside coffin, possibly draped, raised on trestles, inside church with barrel vault and pedimented altar retable. Scene within initial D decorated with foliate ornament.
Margins decorated with foliate ornament, including thistle, dianthus, and rose.