Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Prayer book
Italy, Milan, ca. 1430
MS M.944 fol. 56v

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, wearing hat on back, carrying book with right hand, holding staff with left hand walks in barren landscape.
Background of miniature and margins decorated with border of larkspur (?). In upper margin, name SANCTUS IACOBUS APOSTOLUS.
Beginning of prayer on feast of Apostle James Major, July 25.