Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, Lyons, 1484
MS M.1162. Fol. 180v

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Catherine of Alexandria, as half-figure, wearing ermine bodice under ermine-lined blue mantle, extends palm in right hand and holds open book with pseudo-inscriptions in left hand, beside spiked wheel (partly visible), in landscape with trees in background.
Decorated initial A of Ave in upper right corner of miniature.
Margin left decorated with block border of floreate and foliate ornament, including blueberries.
Illustration for Suffrage to Catherine of Alexandria.