Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 3r

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Greyhound in top margin (Emblem of Henry VII ?).
Margins with five vignettes in architectural framework (described top to bottom):
1) David of Wales, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter and vestments, stands with right hand raised in blessing and holding crozier in left hand.
2) Perpetua and Felicity of Carthage, both nimbed, stand, with one raising joined hands and the other holding martyr's palm in left hand. Between them is lion.
3) Gregory the Great , nimbed, wearing triple-crown papal tiara and vestments, sits on throne holding book (?) in right hand and cross-staff in left hand.
4) Saint Euphrasia, nimbed, stands holding martyr's palm in right hand and open book in left hand.
5) Month, Occupation: March -- Man, wearing hat, prunes bare vines with pruning hook.