Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, possibly Ghent, ca. 1480-1490
M.278 fol. 175v

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Within initial L, Lawrence of Rome, nimbed and tonsured, wearing deacon's vestments, holding gridiron with left hand.
Margins decorated with border of floreate and foliate ornament including strawberry, speedwell, viola, thistle, white vine scroll, and rose, and inhabited by snail.