Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
England, perhaps Cambridge, ca. 1320
MS M.107 fol. 271r

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Apostle Peter, nimbed, tonsured, with left hand indicating key held in right hand, stands beside Apostle Paul, nimbed, holding raised sword in right hand, gesturing with left hand, with head turned toward Peter. Figures in decorated initial E.
Border composed of bands of foliate ornament, inhabited by numerous grotesques, including hybrid man holding sword and human-faced shield; hybrid man and woman kissing; winged hybrid animal; horse; and hybrid woman, holding mirror (?) before hybrid animal with chicken head.
Medallions at corners enclosing grotesques, including hybrid man with bow and arrow; hybrid man with sword and human-faced shield; and hybrid man playing viol.