Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Ghent; England, ca. 1420
MS M.46 fol. 103v

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Heraldry, Decorated: Instruments of Passion -- Angel, nimbed, sits supporting escutcheon decorated with instruments of the passion, including hammer, nails, pincers, lantern, hand, dice, spear, sponge on rod, bucket, column, ladder, and scourges. Diaper background. Quatrefoils at corners of miniature.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux and foliate ornament.