Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, possibly Toulouse, ca. 1490
M.463 fol. 582v

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Saturninus of Toulouse, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter, raises right hand in blessing, and holds crozier in left hand. Beside him is tonsured man, holding open book with pseudo-inscription in both hands. Figures in room with curtain and round table (?).
Saturninus of Toulouse: Scene, Martyrdom -- In vignette in lower border, Saturninus of Toulouse, wearing bishop's miter, reclines on ground with joined hands raised. His feet are bound with rope attached to yoke of ox. Behind them is man, holding stick in both hands. Scene in landscape setting, with building with open portal and castle in distance.
Margin is decorated with floreate border, including daisies and roses, inhabited by bird.