Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Poitiers, ca. 1415
MS M.743 fol. 172v

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Peter, nimbed, tonsured, holding book under right arm and key in left hand, stands with his right hand on shoulder of man, kneeling with joined hands raised. Facing them are John Baptist, nimbed, holding book under left arm and holding cross-nimbed Lamb of God, holding cross-staff with cross-inscribed banner, in his right hand. John's left hand is on shoulder of woman, wearing headdress, kneeling with rosary in her joined raised hands.