Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Avignon, approximately 1485-1490
MS M.348 fol. 266r

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Margaret of Antioch: Scene, emerging from Dragon -- Margaret, nimbed, with cross between raised joined hands, emerges from back of dragon, tongue protruding from its mouth.
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament, including rose and viola, and inhabited by fantastic animals.