Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 560v

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Saint, Male: Scene, Martyrdom -- Group of five male saints, nimbed, kneels with hands raised in front of two men raising axes with both hands.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man kneels on one knee with basket before rabbit.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.