Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, probably Milan, ca. 1470
MS M.454 fol. 216r

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Busts of apostles Peter, holding booke with right hand and keys with left hand, and Paul, both nimbed, in initial P decorated with foliate ornament.
Pentecost (?) -- Bust of Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, with joined hands, flanked by two apostles (?), nimbed, others just nimbus visible, in initial O decorated with foliate ornament.