Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 115r

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Two scenes in continuous narrative:
1) Barbara of Nicomedia: Scene, Martyrdom -- Dioscorus (?), crowned, wearing ermine-trimmed garment, stands with sword raised in right hand behind Barbara, nimbed, kneeling with joined hands raised.
2) Dioscorus of Nicomedia: Scene, Death (?) -- Dioscorus (?), wearing ermine-trimmed garment, falls to ground flanked by two other men, all struck with stones falling from sky. Behind Dioscorus are devils (?).
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament in lozenge patterns, inhabited by bird and hybrid man, with human head emerging from snail shell.