Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 298r

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Trinity: Two Persons flanking Dove -- Christ, beardless, extends right hand toward God the Father, holding globe in left hand, both cross-nimbed and seated on bench. Above them, dove of Holy Spirit descends from cloud, flames emerging from beak.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid animal faces dog seated in landscape.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds and hybrid dragon.