Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Tours, ca. 1530-1535
MS M.452 fol. 134v

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Fourteen martyrs, including male martyr holding sword; Stephen Protomartyr, tonsured, holding open book with pseudo inscription in right hand and stones in gathered garment in left hand; and Lawrence of Rome, tonsured, holding gridiron in right hand and martyr's palm in left hand. Martyrs' palms in background.
In lower margin are looped cords connected to gold frame around text block.