Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.390 fol. 186r

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Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed, wearing ermine garment, holds sword in right hand and martyr's palm in left hand.
Margins with landscape, with birds, in flight and in tree, distant city, and in lower margin, wild man, with club and shield, seated astride fantastic bird floating in lake.