Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 10v

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Top margin with roses.
Margins with five vignettes in architectural framework (described top to bottom):
1) Evangelist Luke stands holding scroll with pseudo-inscription in left hand and with right hand indicating ox (Evangelist Symbol), beside him.
2) Mitered bishop, possibly Florentius of Orange, Maglorius of Dol, or Amandus of Hesse, sits with right hand raised holding crozier in left hand.
3) Apostle Simon, holding cross-staff in right hand, stands beside apostle Jude, holding open book with pseudo-inscription in right hand and sword in left hand.
4) Quintinus of Amiens: Scene, Torture -- Quintianus, nimbed, wearing short loin cloth, bleeding from wounds, sits with hands bound to stocks and with iron rods piercing his shoulders.
5) Zodiac Sign: Scorpio -- Scorpion in landscape.