MS G.55 fol. 133v
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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. 133v
Description:
A nimbed and tonsured Stephen Protomoartyr with a wound(?) on his head stands in front of a wall with towers. He is wearing deacon's vestments and is flanked by five trees. In his right hand, he holds a stone(?) and in his left, a book.
The margins are decorated with floreate ornament. The heraldic shield of Hospitallers (gules, a cross argent) is in the lower margin. Text, Suffrage.