Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1520
MS M.74 fol. 116r

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Apostle, Peter: preaching (?) -- Dove of Holy Ghost descending in rayed orb above possibly Apostle Peter, nimbed, tonsured, standing on draped pulpit addressing group of six figures including woman, veiled with wimple, with joined hands raised. Scene in landscape. Margins decorated with strewn border of flowers and plants including zinnia, strawberry, borage, and daisy and inhabited by three moths. Miniature at beginning of Sext in Short Hours of the Holy Spirit.