Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.201 fol. 162r

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Victor, nimbed, wearing wreath of laurel leaves, wearing armor, holding bannered staff with right hand and shield (azure, an escarbuncle of eight rays or) with left. Sword hangs from his waist.
Figure in landscape with body of water in background with boat, watermill on island, buildings possibly in water, and castle on hill in distance.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament, some in lozenges, inhabited by moth and peacock.