Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 141r

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Apostle, Paul: Scene, teaching -- Apostle Paul, nimbed, sitting on bench before lectern with open book with pseudo-inscription, raises left hand to head and gestures with right hand toward male figure seated on ground holding scroll with pseudo-inscription.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man raises club with both hands before lion.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.