Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, Milan, ca. 1450-1475
MS M.80 fol. 38v

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Half figure of Apollonia of Alexandria, nimbed, raising with left hand pincers in which is tooth, all enclosed in initial D.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament framed with gold and inhabited by putto, grasping vines with both hands, his body terminating in foliage.