Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 2v

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Evangelist Mark, nimbed, sits at table or desk with hands on open book. Beside desk is lion (Evangelist Symbol).
Miniature executed in cama³aeu.
Margins with diagonal bands foliate ornament. In left margin is fantastic animal with beak; in lower margin is bird.