Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 455v

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Apostle James Major, nimbed, dressed as pilgrim, wearing purse over over left shoulder, holds staff in right hand and book in left hand.
Figure against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man shoots arrow at bird in air.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.