Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Loire, ca. 1475
MS G.1.II fol. 265r

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Martin of Tours: dividing Cloak -- Within initial O, astride bridled horse, Martin, nimbed, wearing hat, holding cloak with left hand, cuts the cloak with sword in right hand. At right, man with crutch under left arm extends right hand to the cloak.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.