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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:French
Title:Manuscript page from a book of hours with St. John the Baptist and St. James
Date Made:ca. 1480-1490
Type:Book/Manuscript/Document
Materials:Tempera on vellum
Place Made:Europe; France
Measurements:image: 6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.; 15.5575 x 10.4775 cm; mat: 14 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.
Accession Number:  MH 1967.40.M.PI
Credit Line:Purchase
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
Recto: Foliate border surrounds a vignette with a three-quarter length figure of a haloed St. John the Baptist in a wooded landscape holding a book on which rests a haloed lamb with a small gold cross. Verso: Foliate border surrounds a vignette with a three-quarter length figure of a haloed St. James in a landscape with a city at left rear and a castle at right rear. The saint wears a traveler's cape, hat, and pouch, and carries a sword and open book.

Tags:
writing; text; saints

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