Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.52 fol. 349v

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Nicholas of Myra, nimbed, wearing bishop's miter and vestments, raising right hand, gloved, in blessing and holding crozier in left hand, stands before patterned hanging within landscape.
Miniature and text framed by border decorated with budding and full flowers, including pea and pink, and inhabited by two butterflies.