Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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Upper vignette:
Elijah: Flight -- Elijah, nimbed, wearing monk's habit, raises right hand and with left hand grasps right hand of youth, wearing hat. In sky at right, half-figure of angel, nimbed, raises right forefinger. Scene in landscape setting.
Lower vignette:
Elijah: Flight -- Youth, wearing hat, with left hand raised, stands in landscape within which is Elijah, nimbed, wearing monk's habit.
Caption between vignettes reads, VNG ENFANT TENOIT P(ER) LA MAIN HELYE QUANT L'A(N)GE LUY DIST VA TEN VITE FUIT SOUDAIN ET DE HASTE L'ENFANT PERDIT.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including violas, cornflowers, grapevines, and strawberries, inhabited by hybrid animal with snail on its back and second snail in upper margin.
Dog (?) head in decorated initial D.