Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 1v

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Evangelist Luke, nimbed, wearing hat, writes on book on lectern with pen held in right hand. Beside lectern is ox (Evangelist Symbol).
Miniature executed in cama³aeu.
Margins with diagonal bands of blue foliate alternating with polychrome floreate bands. In left margin is fantastic animal; in lower margin is bird.