St. John on Patmos This miniature marks the beginning of the Gospel Lessons. In the lower and right borders, the initials G and Y are intertwined in a love knot set against a white ground (now dark from oxidation). The initials probably belong to the couple for whom the manuscript was made. The white ground is decorated with ermine tails, a heraldic device associated with the Breton ducal family of Montfort... This image shows the reverse of a leaf with a miniature from a book of hours. This leaf has been dated to ca. 1465. Script: Gothic bookhand
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