Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Tournai, 1480s
MS M.234 fol. 26v

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Evangelist symbol (angel), holding candle in right hand and inkpot (?) in left hand, stands before Evangelist Matthew, wearing hat, sitting on chair at desk, on which is scroll with pseudo-inscription.
Scene in room; landscape with city visible through doorway.
Margins inscribed INICIVM SANCTI EWANGELII and decorated with oak leaves. Miniature and margins enclosed in naturalistic frame of trimmed branches.