Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, probably Milan, 1470-1480
MS G.14 fol. 114r

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Legend, Three Living and Dead -- Man, bearded, in brown robes, possibly Franciscan habit, standing with three younger men, crowned, gestures toward sarcophagus containing three skeletons, crowned, and on which sits serpent.
Scene in landscape setting with mountains in distance, all within gold frame.