Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 179v

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Group of eleven Apostles, all nimbed, some with only tops of heads visible. Includes two figures, one probably Evangelist John, holding open books, figure holding book in both hands, Peter, tonsured, with key in right hand, and figure with joined hands raised.
Margins decorated with floreate border.