Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Provence, ca. 1440-1450
MS M.358 fol. 202v

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, as pilgrim, wearing hat with shell, and holding book in right hand and walking staff in left hand, stands in landscape with castle in background.
Scene in arched, decorated frame.
In left margin, putto rides snail, and man climbs foliate extensions.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man climbs foliate extensions, and man emerges from leaves to grasp foliate extensions.
Marginal figures set within foliate border decorated with flowers and acanthus leaves.