Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
France, probably Troyes, ca. 1400
MS M.331 fol. 147r

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Pentecost -- Dove, crossed nimbus, emitting red rays, descends above 13 apostles, nimbed, one only nimbus visible. All are seated, one with joined hands. Peter, tonsured, raises right hand and holds book with left hand, and Paul, right hand on breast, holds sword with left hand.
Background of blue and gold diaper.
Margins decorated with border of foliate rinceaux some sprouting from rectilinear bars enclosing text.
Beginning of introit for Mass on the feast of Pentecost.