Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 146r

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Medallion in right margin:
Christ: Baptism -- Christ, with crossed rays as nimbus, wearing short loin cloth, stands in River Jordan below dove of Holy Ghost. On riverbank is John Baptist, nimbed, kneeling with joined hands raised.
Decorated initial D enclosing viola.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament, inhabited by bird in lower margin.