Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1515
MS M.286 fol. 97v

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1) Half figure of Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed and crowned, wearing grisaille garments, holding book with right hand and upturned sword with left hand.
2) Margaret of Antioch: Scene, emerging from Dragon -- Margaret, nimbed, wearing grisaille garments, with cross between joined hands, looks back over right shoulder toward head of dragon with drapery hanging from its mouth.