Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 78r

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Upper vignette:
Joshua: staying Sun and Moon (Joshua 10:13) -- God, emitting rays, wearing triple-crowned tiara, with arms crossed, holds moon and sun in cloud-edged arc of heaven. Below, Joshua kneels with joined hands raised. Scene in landscape setting with building.
Lower vignette:
Joshua: Conquest of Kings Five (Joshua 10:16) -- Kings Five, wearing crowns, stand amid rocks. One stands in opening of cave.
Caption between vignettes reads, JOSUE VIT SOLLEIL ET LUNE ENTRE LES MANIS DU PUISSA(N)T DIEU DONC LES ROYS FUIANS LA FORTUNE SE CACHERENT EU OBSAIR LIEU.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including columbines, violas, and cornflowers, inhabited by butterfly and by hybrid animal.
Dog head in decorated initial U.