Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1390-1399 and ca. 1470
MS W.4 fol. 64r

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Christ, crossed nimbus, raising right hand in blessing, resting right hand on globe on bench on which He is seated. He is flanked by draped altar on which is chalice and wafer (host) and by altar on which are Tables of Law.
Scene against diapered background.
Margins decorated with border of ivy rinceaux entwined around rectilinear bars.