Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 541v

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Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed, crowned, holds sword in lowered right hand and wheel in raised left hand.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), dragon in landscape.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.