Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1494
MS M.1078 fol. 126r

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Barbara of Nicomedia, with rays as nimbus, wearing jeweled headdress, ermine garment, and cross on beaded necklace, holds open book with pseudo-inscription on her lap. Beside her is tower. Figure in vinescroll initial O.
Margins with scattered flowers, including thistle, inhabited by two birds and fly.