Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Poitiers, ca. 1475
MS M.1001 fol. 149r

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Angel, Archangel Michael: transfixing Satan -- Archangel Michael, nimbed, wearing armor, grasps, with left hand, ear of devil, wounded, with face on abdomen, and raises sword, held in right hand, above its head. Background decorated with fleur-de-lis pattern.
Miniature and text framed by foliate border decorated with flowers.