Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 203v

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Group of male and female saints, all nimbed, most with only nimbuses visible. Includes Archangel Michael, transfixing devil with cross staff; John Baptist, wearing skins, indicating cross-nimbed Lamb of God on book held in left hand; Apostle Peter, with open book in right hand and key in left hand; Apostle Paul, holding sword in right hand; king, wearing crown; and bishop, wearing miter.
Margins decorated with floreate border.