Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Avignon, approximately 1485-1490
MS M.348 fol. 259v

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Apollonia of Alexandria: Scene, Torture -- Apollonia, nimbed is flanked by two torturers, each with both hands holding pincers to her mouth.
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament, including rose and strawberry, and inhabited by bird and fantastic animal.