Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 72v

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Two vignettes in left margin:
1) Barbara of Nicomedia: Scene, Martyrdom -- Dioscuros, wearing turban, stands behind and raises scimitar to Barbara, nimbed, kneeling with joined hands raised. In background is tower.
2) Catherine of Alexandria, nimbed, crowned, stands and holds in both hands open book with pseudo-inscription.
Vignette in lower margin:
Margaret of Antioch: Scene, emerging from Dragon -- Margaret, nimbed, holding cross in joined raised hands, is before dragon, with hem of her mantle trailing from its mouth.
Upper and lower margins with foliate ornament.