Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 224v

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Bernard of Clairvaux: Scene, Victory over the Devil -- Bernard, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk's habit, holding crozier in right hand and book in left arm, stands on devil, laying on ground. Tower in background. All within initial I.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament.