Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 53r

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Scene, Liturgical: Veneration of Relics -- Tonsured priest holds cross before man, kneeling with joined hands raised. Behind priest is draped altar with candles and carved retable.
Floreate margins inhabited by butterfly in right margin.