Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1440
MS W.3 fol. 187v

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Martin of Tours: dividing Cloak -- Martin, rayed nimbus, wearing hat, astride bridled horse, with sword in right hand cuts cloak held with left hand. Partly nude man, wearing tabard and briefs, crutch under left arm, touches the cloak with his right hand, his footless left leg, bandaged and resting on another crutch. Above, bust of God or Christ, crossed nimbus, appears in arc of Heaven.
Scene in landscape with rocky outcrops, and castle in background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.