Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1500-1510
MS M.160 fol. 2r

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Evangelist Luke, nimbed, seated beneath canopy, writes with pen held in right hand on scroll with pseudo-inscription held in his lap. Beside him lays ox (Evangelist Symbol).
Margins with vinescroll and bands of foliate ornament, inhabited by bird, possibly crane.