Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Poitiers, ca. 1475
MS M.1001 fol. 17v

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Christ: Miracle of Bleeding Host of Dijon -- Host inscribed with image of Christ, nimbed, arms outstretched, flanked by instruments of the passion. Drops of blood cover surface of host, some forming ring around perimeter.
Host in lower margin of page decorated with foliate border.