Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 99r

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Jerome, nimbed, as half-figure, wearing torn garment with rope and beads at waist, stands with hands crossed on breast, looking toward God, with crossed nimbus, with right hand raised in blessing, holding cross-surmounted globe in left hand, in arc of heaven emitting rays to Jerome. Beside Jerome is rock, cardinal's hat, and lion. Scene in landscape with river and distant city on hill.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament in diagonal bands, inhabited by fantastic animal.