Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1440-1449
MS M.202 fol. 13r

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, wearing hat with pilgrim's badge, stands and holds pilgrim's staff and scrip in right hand and open book in left hand. Beside him kneels male donor, with joined hands raised. Scene in room with marble-paneled walls, cloth wall hanging, and architectural canopy or roof.
In lower margin is escutcheon with unidentified arms (gules a griffin or within a bordure azure with bezants).
Margins with ivy-rinceaux, vinescroll, and floreate ornament, with foliate baguettes framing miniature and textblock.