Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 501v

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Angel, Archangel Michael: transfixing Dragon -- Archangel Michael, nimbed, standing on dragon, transfixes it with cross-spear in right hand and holds shield with face in left hand.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid angel, nimbed, right hand holding cross-spear, left hand holding shield, faces wingless dragon.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.