Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 113r

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Martin of Tours: dividing Cloak -- Martin, nimbed, wearing cap, seated astride horse, with sword held in right hand divides his cloak, held in his left hand and in the right hand of beggar, wearing cap and short loin cloth, with bandage on left leg, holding crutch in left hand. Scene in landscape with trees before city gate with portcullis.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament in checkered pattern, inhabited by bird and butterfly.