Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.1170. Fol. 118v

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Beneath arch, Catherine of Alexandria, crowned, with left hand holding hilt of down-turned sword, fragment of wheel in foreground.
Miniature for beginning of Suffrage to Catherine of Alexandria.
Margins inhabited by fly and moth and scattered with naturalistic flowers and plants including daisy, forget-me-not, zinnia, strawberry, viola and columbine; against gold background.