Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 67v

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Two vignettes in left margin:
1) Archangel Michael, nimbed, wearing armor, stands and holds cross-staff in right hand.
2) John the Baptist, nimbed, wearing garment of skins, holding book in right arm, stands and indicates with left hand Lamb of God.
Upper and lower margins with foliate ornament. In lower margin is winged fantastic animal.