Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Artois, early 14th century
MS G.59 fol. 49r

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Scene, Liturgical: Obsequies -- A tonsured cleric holds an open book with pseudo-inscriptions, and an acolyte holds a candle in his left hand and points with his right hand. Both stand behind a draped bier. Two three-branched candelabra appear in foreground. Scene with crocketed trefoil architectural frame and a finial, within initial D decorated with interlace and foliage, patterned background of fleurs-de-lis, and diapered spandrels.
Margins - Rectilinear bars decorated with foliage, and inhabited by a bird, rabbit, animal, and owl.