Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.52 fol. 362v

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Anthony Abbot, nimbed, wearing abbot's vestments, holding bell in right hand and book in left hand, standing beside pig within clearing in forest.
Miniature and text framed by border decorated with budding and full flowers, including pea, viola, thistle, pink, and cornflower, and inhabited by two butterflies.