Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 537r

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Pope Clement I, nimbed, wearing papal tiara, sits on bench, holding keys in right hand and book in left hand.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid animal faces hybrid man.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds and hybrid dragon.