Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 3v

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Top margin with roses.
Margins with five vignettes in architectural framework (described top to bottom):
1) Edward the Martyr, nimbed, crowned, wearing garment decorated with heraldry of King of England, stands holding scepter in right hand and with left hand extended.
2) Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, nimbed, holding scepter in left hand and with right hand indicating dove of Holy Ghost, descending on rays, kneels before Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneeling with joined hands raised at prie-dieu.
3) Christ: Resurrection -- Christ, nimbed, partially wrapped in shroud, showing wounds, holding cross-staff in left hand and with right hand raised, steps from tomb onto recumbent soldier, wearing armor.
4) Eustace of Luxeuil, nimbed, tonsured (?), wearing habit, stands with right hand raised and holds crozier in left hand.
5) Zodiac Sign: Aries -- Ram stands in landscape.