Mont-Saint-Michel sacramentary
ca. 1060
Mont-Saint-Michel, France
286 x 215 mm
MS M.641
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1919
Summary
Personification: Church -- Personification of Church, crowned, stands, holding crown in right hand and palm branch in left hand, flanked by busts of ten Innocents.
Figures within initial D partly formed by fantastic animal hugged by man and decorated with animal head, at beginning of Collect for Feast of Holy Innocents.
Figures within initial D partly formed by fantastic animal hugged by man and decorated with animal head, at beginning of Collect for Feast of Holy Innocents.
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