Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1511 and 1520
M.813 fol. 175r

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, wearing hat with scallop shell, purse at waist, holds open book with pseudo-inscription in right hand and walking stick in crook of left arm. Figure in landscape setting.
Scene within architectural frame, decorated with garland and putti. At bottom is escutcheon, within which is initial I.