Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 108r

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Upper vignette:
Jezebel: sending Messenger to Elijah -- Jezebel, wearing crown, standing beneath canopy, extends hands toward messanger, wearing hat, holding sword in right hand and head of prophet of Baal in left hand. Scene in room.
Lower vignette:
Jezebel: sending Messenger to Elijah -- Man, wearing hat, with scimitar at his waist, stands with group of men (most with only tops of heads visible), wearing hats, before Jezebel, wearing crown, raising right forefinger, seated on throne beneath canopy. Scene in room.
Caption between vignettes reads, LA TESTE D'UNG P(RO)PHETE FAULX VNG MESSAGER MO(N)STRE A LA ROME DONT ELLE INTRODUIT SES VASSAUBE DE OCCIRE HELYE PRENDRE PANINE.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including violas, cornflowers, strawberries, and grapevines, by snail and by inhabited by hybrid animal with second snail on its back.
Heads of fantastic animals in decorated initial Q.