Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 109r

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Francis of Assisi: receiving Stigmata -- Francis, nimbed, tonsured, wearing habit of Franciscan monk, kneels on one knee and receives stigmata in hands, feet, and side, from Christ, nimbed, wearing short loin cloth, showing wounds, with arms extended, as seraph in sky. In background, Leo of Assisi, tonsured, wearing Franciscan habit, sits with arms crossed and head resting on his arms. In distance is river with ship.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament in zig-zag pattern, inhabited by two-legged fantastic animal and bird.