Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 520v

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Male saint, nimbed, holding book in left hand, preaches to seated group of six men and women.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), two dragons face one another.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.