Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
M.59 fol. 169v

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Jerome, nimbed, wearing cardinal's hat and robes, sits in chair and touches paw of lion, standing on hind legs. Beside him is desk with open book with pseudo-inscription, and cabinet with books and sheet of parchment with pseudo-inscription. Figure in room with canopied bed and window.
Margin decorated with floreate border, inhabited by bird.