Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 516r

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Evangelist Luke, nimbed, sits on bench, before scroll placed over lectern. Bull, nimbed, winged, flies above him in cloud.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid animal faces hybrid bishop.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.