Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
MS H.7 fol. 144v

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Anthony Abbot the Great, nimbed, wearing monk's habit and cap, holds open book with pseudo-inscription in right hand and crozier in left hand. He stands beside pig, outside church with statue in niche above open portal.
Figure in landscape setting with tree, hills, and lake, within decorated initial U.
Upper and lower margins decorated with floreate border.