Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, ca. 1511
MS M. 8 fol. 154r

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Christ: teaching -- Christ, raising right hand, stands on shore outside city; four apostles, nimbed, two, only partly visible, stand behind Him. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy, campanula, rose, holly and grapes, and inhabited by hybrid animal playing horn, and fantastic animal wearing shield. Text is collect for 1st Vespers on 11th Sunday after Pentecost.