Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Ghent, 1420-1430
MS M.439 fol. 21v

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John Baptist, with scalloped nimbus, standing in landscape, with right hand indicates Lamb of God, nimbed, holding double-armed cross-staff, on book held in John's left hand. Arc of Heaven above. Gold scroll background.
Margin with rectilinear border of foliate ornament consisting of large leaves, with floreate ornament extending beyond border.