Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 570r

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Group of standing male saints, nimbed, some wearing miters, some holding books.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), bird, possibly crane, faces lion.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.