Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1520
MS M.74 fol.119r

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Moses: Burning Bush -- Within initial C, Moses, with joined hands raised, kneeling beside shoes, and before flock of sheep, is looking toward Christ-Logos in bush covered in flames. Margins decorated with strewn border of flowers including viola, thistle, currant, forget-me-not, and poppy. Miniature at beginning of Compline in Short Hours of the Holy Spirit.