MS G.55 fol. 75v
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Hours of Pierre de Bosredont
France, Langres
ca. 1465
157 x 113 mm
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984
MS G.55 fol. 75v
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Angel, Archangel Michael: Transfixing Satan — Flanked by two trees and standing on Satan, a nimbed The Archangel Michael raises a sword in his right hand and holds a buckler in his left hand. Two hills are in the background.
The margins are decorated with floreate ornament inhabited by a rabbit. The heraldic shield of Hospitallers (gules, a cross argent) is in the lower margin.Text, Hours of the Virgin.