Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 189v

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Anthony Abbot the Great: tempted by Demons -- Women, wearing headdress through which horns are visible, faces Anthony Abbot the Great, nimbed, standing in fire, making gesture of blessing with right hand and holding crutch with left hand. Scene in front of shed in landscape setting.
Margins decorated with floreate border.