Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.390 fol. 177v

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, wearing hat with scallop shell badges, stands and holds open book with pseudo-inscription in right hand and pilgrim's staff in left hand. Figure in landscape.
Margins with scattered flowers, including iris and strawberries, inhabited by butterflies and snail.