Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Prayer book
France, Paris, ca. 1490
MS H.3 fol. 173r

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Upper miniature:
Louis IX of France, crowned, wearing ermine lined cape decorated with fleurs-des-lis (Azure semy of fleur-de-lis or), holding with right hand fleur-de-lis surmounted scepter, and with draped left hand, model of Sainte-Chapelle.
Figure standing in apsidal room with decorated walls and tile floor, enclosed within frame decorated with gems.
Lower miniature:
2) Francis of Assisi: receiving Stigmata -- Francis of Assisi, nimbed and tonsured, wearing habit of Franciscan and sandals, looks up toward Christ, crossed nimbus, wearing short loincloth, affixed to cross with three nails, amid seraph wings. Streams flow from wounds of Christ to raised hands, exposed side and feet of Francis.
Exterior scene with hills, church on hill in background. All enclosed in frame with uprights decorated with gems.