Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Ghent; England, ca. 1420
MS M.46 fol. 29v

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Barbara of Nicomedia, nimbed, stands before low wall with arched leaded-glass windows and holds tower in right arm. Diaper background. Quatrefoils at corners of miniature.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux and foliate ornament.