Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1475
MS S.5 fol. 207r

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Margaret of Antioch: Scene, emerging from Dragon -- Margaret, nimbed, with joined hands raised to rays entering through window, emerges from back of winged dragon, horned (?), with Margaret's mantle hanging from its mouth. Scene in prison cell with stone walls and floor.
Initial P enclosing bird.
Margins with foliate ornament.