Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 103r

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Adrian of Nicomedia: Scene, Martyrdom -- Adrian, nimbed, wearing short loin cloth, lays across anvil, with his left arm severed. His hand lays on the floor. Flanking Adrian are two tormentors, including one wearing helmet, both with swords sheathed at their waists and holding hammers raised in both hands. Emperor Maximianus I, crowned, wearing ermine-collared mantle, holding scepter in right hand, witnesses martyrdom from behind low wall.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament, inhabited by bird and snail.