Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 106r

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Blasius of Sebaste, wearing bishop's miter and cope, stands and holds in right hand crozier and rake (iron spikes). In background is crenellated wall with cloth wall hanging, and tree beyond wall.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament, in scroll-like patterns, inhabited by bird.