Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 132v

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Upper vignette:
Antiochus IV: Destruction of Jerusalem -- Man, bleeding from wound in head, stands beside man, reclining on ground. Behind him are two men, wearing hats (only tops of heads visible). At right is group of soldiers, wearing armor, two raising swords in their right hands, most with only tops of heads visible). Scene in front of building with tower, portal, and flying buttresses.
Lower vignette:
Antiochus IV: Destruction of Jerusalem -- Man, with left hand raised and hat held in right hand, stands before Judas Maccabaeus, wearing hat and ermine-lined mantle, with right hand extended. Scene in landscape setting with buildings.
Caption between vignettes reads, PLUSIERS Q(UI) VOIR LE TEMPLE ALLOYE(N)T FURENT TUEZ ET MIS AU BAS DES FILS DE ESAU Q(UI) GUETTOIENT CE QUI FUT MI(N)CE A IUDAS.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including thistles, violas, columbines, and strawberries, inhabited by half-figure of bear emerging from flower, holding scimitar in both hands and by hybrid animal.