Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, possibly Haarlem, 1496
MS S.2 fol. 101r

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Scene, Sacrificial -- Tonsured monk kneels with raised hands before altar, upon which sacrificial cow is burning. Scene in initial H composed of fantastic animals, with upright encircled by scroll inscribed SANCTUS SPIRITUS ASSIT NOB[IS].
Margin with floreate ornament, including strawberry.