Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 125r

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Upper vignette:
Antiochus IV: Pollution of Temple (I Maccabees 01:50) -- Of three figures, two are men with joined and hands raised, and one is woman, wearing veil. They kneel before man, wearing hat, standing over draped altar, cutting throat of pig, bleeding from wound. Scene in room decorated with curtain.
Lower vignette:
Antiochus IV: commanding Sacrifices (I Maccabees 01:66) -- Man kneels with joined hands raised beside decapitated body and head, on ground, bleeding from wound. Behind him, man, wearing hat, raises sword with both hands. Scene takes place in front of buildings.
Caption between vignettes reads, LES PORCEAUX ADOUER FAISORT ANTHIOCUS ET SA(N)S DOUBTER QUICUNQ LE CO(N)TRE DISOIT IL LE FAISOIT DESCAPITER.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including cornflowers, roses, violas, and thistles, inhabited by bird and by hybrid animal, with monkey on its back.