Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Paris, ca. 1490
MS M.1080 fol. 15r

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Evangelist Luke, nimbed, wearing cap, is seated behind desk over which hangs scroll and two weights (?). Evangelist symbol, ox, sits next to him.
Interior scene with window through which landscape is visible.
Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament.