Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Ghent; England, ca. 1420
MS M.46 fol. 21v

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Evangelist John, with scalloped nimbus, standing before low wall, with right hand indicates goblet with dragon held in left hand. Diapered background with fleur-de-lis. Arc of Heaven (?) in upper corners.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux and foliate ornament.