Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1531
MS M.451 fol. 126v

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Catherine of Alexandria -- Catherine, nimbed, wearing crown and ermine-trimmed mantle, sits with open book with pseudo-inscription in lap and holds sword in right hand. In background, wheel, surrounded by soldiers, some fallen on ground, is destroyed by fire from clouds of heaven, before city of Alexandria.