Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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Saints, Hierarchy -- Group of standing saints, all nimbed, including Apollonia of Alexandria, holding pincers; Catherine of Alexandria, holding sword; Barbara of Nicomedia, holding tower; two mitered bishops; and tonsured monks.
Floreate margins in lozenge pattern, with ostrich plumes, butterfly, and boar.