Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1511 and 1520
M.813 fol. 176r

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Stephen Protomartyr, nimbed, tonsured, dressed as deacon, holds palm branch in right hand and drapery of his robe in left hand. Stones are on his head and on his robe. He bleeds from wound in head. Figure in landscape setting.
Scene within architectural frame, decorated with garland and putti. At bottom is escutcheon, within which is initial V.