Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1480
MS M.253 fol. 138v

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Julian Hospitaler: Scene, as Ferryman -- Julian, nimbed, wearing robe with cowl, holding rod in left hand, with right hand raised, stands beside mast in ship in which sit woman, veiled, with joined hands raised, and two men, one wearing hood and the other wearing turban-like headdress. Landscape in background.
Margins with floreate ornament. In lower margin is escutcheon with unidentified arms (barry of 5 gules and or), surmounted by a crown.