Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 135r

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Column miniature:
Angel, Archangel Michael: transfixing Satan -- Archangel Michael, nimbed, wearing armor, winged, holds sword in right hand and stands upon bestial devil (Satan), on ground. Scene amid rocks.
Upper vignette:
Maccabees: Battle against Timotheus --Judas Maccabaeus, wearing armor, holding shield inscribed with lion in right hand and with left hand raised, is flanked by group of soldiers, wearing armor, some with spears, most with only tops of heads visible. Scene in landscape setting.
Lower vignette:
Maccabees: Battle against Timotheus -- Within cloudy arc of heaven, rayed, is half-figure of God, nimbed, making gesture of blessing with right hand and holding cross-surmounted globe in left hand. Below are five men, kneeling, two with joined hands raised and one with only top of head visible. Scene in landscape setting.
Caption between vignettes reads, JUDAS ET SYMON DEUIFERENT LEURS ARMEES [?] PUIS TO(US) DEUX CHASCUN DE SA PART SE(N) ALLERENT ET LE PEUPLE PRIOIT POUR EULX.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including thistles, cornflowers, and strawberries, inhabited by hybrid animal, winged.