Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Mons, between 1490 and 1500
M.33 fol. 249v

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Nicholas of Myra: Scene, Three Youths rescued from Barrel -- Three nude youths, tonsured, two with joined hands raised, stand in barrel and look toward Nicholas of Myra, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter, making gesture of blessing with right hand and holding crozier in left hand. Scene in room with curtain and two windows open onto landscape setting.