Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 284r

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Christ: Ascension -- Christ, visible from knees down, disappears into cloud above Apostles, nimbed, and possibly Virgin Mary, nimbed, all seated, some holding books.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), dog looks at two rabbits in landscape.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds and hybrid dragon.