Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.52 fol. 555v

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Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed, crowned, standing before patterned hanging within courtyard of city, treads on Maxentius, crowned, holding scepter in left hand. She holds book in right hand and sword in left hand.
Scene framed by border decorated with budding and full flowers and inhabited by butterflies.