Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1445
M.287 fol. 153v

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Apostle Andrew, nimbed, right hand resting on saltire cross, looking at open book held with left hand. Claudius of Besançon, wearing miter and vestments, holding cross staff with right hand, grasping mantle with left hand.
Miniature and text surrounded on three sides by gold frame terminating with floreate ornament. Margins decorated with border of rinceaux, foliate and floreate ornament.