Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 51r

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Angel, Archangel Michael: transfixing Dragon -- Archangel Michael, nimbed, wearing hauberk, holding cross-inscribed shield in left hand, with cross-staff held in right hand transfixes through mouth dragon, laying on ground and upon which Michael stands. Scene in landscape.
Floreate margins inhabited by bird in right margin and at lower right by man, wearing hat, accompanied by two dogs, one with its nose to the ground.