Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 239v

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John Baptist, nimbed, wearing garment of skins, holding book in left hand, extends right hand to Lamb of God, holding cross-staff with cross-inscribed banner in foreleg. In background is castle.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament. In lower margin is tournament shield (escutcheon) with arms of Sivry (barry of twelve argent and azure an estoile or).