Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 157r

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Medallion in right margin:
Scene, Liturgical: Obsequies -- Tonsured priests stand around bier draped with pall inscribed with sun and flanked by lighted candles on candlesticks.
Decorated initial D.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament.