Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1480
MS M.130 fol. 133v

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Sebastian of Rome: Scene, Torture -- Two men with bows shoot arrows at Sebastian of Rome, nimbed, wearing short loin cloth, with hands bound behind his back, pierced by arrows in torso and legs.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament in chevron patterns. Margins inhabited by long-necked fantastic animal.