Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.105 fol. 29r

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, wearing pilgrim's hat with shell badge and pilgrim's scrip (purse) with strap across his breast, holds book with two clasps in right hand and pilgrim's staff in left hand. Figure in landscape.
Margins with foliate and ivy-rinceaux ornament.