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Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 259v

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Fiacrius of Meaux, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk's habit, with spade in right hand and open book in left hand, stands before cloth wall hanging and arcade, through which landscape is visible.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament. In left margin is man, holding club in right hand and in left hand shield (escutcheon) with arms of Sivry (barry of twelve argent and azure an estoile or).



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