Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 354r

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Miniature, vignette, right: Apostle Philip standing beside Apostle James Minor, with left hand holding pilgrim’s staff hung with scallop shell; beneath arch in room with two arched windows and tiled floor. Miniature for text read after Twelfth Lesson of Feast of Apostles Philip and James Minor (05:01) (from John 14:01). Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling floreate and foliate decoration, including strawberry.