Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1480
MS M.253 fol. 137v

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, wearing hat with pilgrim's badge, holding pilgrim's staff and scrip in right hand and book in left hand, sits on canopied throne.
Margins with floreate ornament. In lower margin is escutcheon with arms of Dreux (checky or and azure, a bordure gules), surmounted by a crown.