Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 83r

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Upper vignette:
Saul: Body despoiled -- Four soldiers, wearing armor, hold sticks, upon which are heads of Saul and his three sons, all wearing crowns. Scene in landscape setting.
Lower vignette:
Saul: Body despoiled -- Four headless bodies, with bound hands, hang from gallows. Crown on ground below them. Scene in landscape setting.
Caption between vignettes reads, SAUL ET SES FILS CONFU(N)DUS FURENT APRES DESCAPITES LES CORPS AUX MURRAILLES PE(N)DUS ET LES CHIEFS SUS LANCES PORTES.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including roses and daisies, inhabited by duck and by monkey, wearing hood, holding bridle of hybrid animal.
Moth in decorated initial D; winged monkey in decorated initial C; and dog (?) head in second decorated initial D.