Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 432r

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Apostle Barnabas, nimbed, stands with book in left hand.
Figure against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid man shoots arrow at hybrid man with spear and shield.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.