Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Tournai, ca. 1470
MS M.316 fol. 38v

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Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed, crowned, wearing ermine-lined mantle, holds sword in right hand, touches wheel with left hand, and tramples Maxentius, crowned.
Scene in vaulted room, decorated with tapestry, with tiled floor, and with portal open on to landscape.
Floreate border frames text.