Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Langres, ca. 1485-1490
MS M.26 fol. 239r

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Claudius of Besan³´on, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter with infulae, vestments and gloves, raising right hand in blessing, and holding cross staff in left hand, stands before drapery in windowed room with tile floor.
Miniature within arched frame supported by columns colonnettes and architectural elements.
Margins decorated with floreate and foliate ornament, including large branches, rose and viola, and inhabited by birds, fantastic animal with face on abdomen, hybrid animal with single horn on head, snail, and monkey, holding reins, astride hybrid animal.