Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.1170. Fol. 120v

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Three-quarter figure of Susanna, nimbed, wearing turban-like headdress over wimple, with right hand holding book; in room with tiled floor and arched doorway to right.
Miniature for beginning of Suffrage to Susanna.
Margins inhabited by moth and fly and scattered with naturalistic flowers including viola, rose, strawberry, forget-me-not, dianthus and columbine; against gold background.