Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
England, possibly Winchester, 1490s
MS M.487 fol. 257v

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Anthony Abbot, nimbed, wearing hooded monk's habit, standing barefoot, holds tau-staff in right hand and book in left hand. Pig, wearing bell around its neck, lays at his feet. Figure in landscape with hills and distant buildings and trees.
Margins decorated with floreate ornament, including berries.