Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 554v

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Saint, Female: Scene, Martyrdom -- Female saint, nimbed, kneels with hands joined in prayer. Male figured grasps her head with right hand and raises sword with left hand.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid man and hybrid animal.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.