Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Italy, perhaps Milan, ca. 1460-1470
MS M.210 fol. 97r

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Apostle Paul, nimbed, holding raised sword in right hand and closed book in left hand. Figure in decorated initial F with foliate extenders in margin.
In lower margin is escutcheon of arms (or three bends azure with a cardinal's hat), possibly those of Cardinal Niccolò Fieschi, count of Lavagna, enclosed in a wreath. Margins with foliate ornament.