Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, Amiens, between 1280 and 1299
MS M.729 fol. 257r

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1) Stephen Protomartyr: Stoning -- In initial D decorated with geometric ornament and diapered backgrounds, two executioners, with stones in the folds of their garments, heave stones at tonsured head of Stephen Protomartyr, nimbed, in deacon's vestments, kneeling forward, with his joined hands raised in prayer.
2) Lawrence of Rome: Martyrdom -- In initial D decorated with geometric ornament and diapered spandrels, tonsured Lawrence, nude, lies on a flaming gridiron, before two executioners, one working with bellows, and the other holding object.
3) Margins - Rectilinear bars decorated with interlace and foliage, and inhabited by a rabbit pursuing dog, and two confronting birds.