Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Brussels, ca. 1540
MS M.696 fol. 72v

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Evangelist Mark, nimbed, wearing hat, sits on bench and with pen held in right hand writes on open book with pseudo inscription on desk before him. Laying on the floor beside the desk is lion (Evangelist Symbol). Scene in room with leaded glass windows.
Text and miniature enclosed in frame.