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List View of MS M.174 Book of hours (MS M.174). Rouen, France, early 16th cent.
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Page View with 1 detail	MS M.174 fol. 11r Month, Occupation: November -- Man, wearing hat, holding rod in right hand, stands next to two pigs beneath trees. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including grapevine and strawberry.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.174 fol. 11v Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius -- Satyr aiming bow and arrow in landscape with trees. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including strawberry.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.174 fol. 12r Month, Occupation: December -- Man wearing hat, sits astride pig, resting right arm on its head and holding with left arm, its left front leg, raising the pig off the ground. At left, woman, wearing apron, kneels, holding basin to catch blood flowing from neck of the pig. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including grape and strawberry.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.174 fol. 12v Zodiac Sign: Capricornus -- Goat leaping in landscape. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including grapevine.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.174 fol. 13r Evangelist, John: boiled in Oil -- Evangelist John, nimbed, nude, stands with joined hands in kettle on stand with fire below, looking toward Domitian, wearing hat, holding scepter with left hand, seated on throne. Two of three men stand behind the kettle holding poles and the third kneels in front of kettle stoking fire with long handled two-pronged fork. Two groups of men look on from background and from beyond wall. Margin, lower: 1) Evangelist Luke, nimbed, seated writing with right hand on scroll held by left hand on his lap. Evangelist symbol (ox), nimbed, sits at right. 2) Evangelist symbol (angel), nimbed, kneels before Evangelist Matthew, nimbed, holding quill (?) in extended right hand, and scroll on lap with left hand. 3) Evangelist symbol (lion), nimbed, sits next to Evangelist Mark, nimbed, raising quill (?) in right hand and holding scroll on lap with left hand. Miniature and margin within architectural frame.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. Eve: Creation -- Christ-Logos, nimbed, right hand raised in blessing, stands over nude Adam, reclining, asleep, resting head on left arm. Nude Eve emerges from his side with joined hands raised. Scene in landscape by stream with trees bearing fruit. Miniature enclosed by frame decorated with architectural ornament, including two male statues in niches, one wearing hat.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 22r Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, her hands crossed on breast, is seated looking toward open book on lap. Archangel Gabriel, raising right hand and holding fleur-de-lis staff in left hand, kneels before her. Rays descend from upper right. Miniature enclosed in frame with architectural ornament, including two niches, flanking the scene, in which are nude Eve, right hand covering genitals, holding fruit to mouth with left hand, and nude Adam, right hand at neck, and left hand covering genitals.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.174 fol. 28v Miniature: Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, extending left hand, stands before Elizabeth, wearing headdress, kneeling, touching Mary's abdomen with right hand. Joseph the Carpenter stands behind Virgin Mary. All are nimbed. Scene in landscape with trees. Margin, lower: Virgin Mary: Visitation, Journey -- Angel follows Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding blank scroll. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including, rose, and inhabited by bird.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 36r Christ: Nativity -- Nude Christ Child, nimbed, reclines on edge of mantle of Virgin Mary, at left, nimbed, kneeling with joined hands looking down at Him. Joseph the Carpenter, at right, kneels with joined hands. Ass and ox are in background behind wattle fence. Three angels, center angel nimbed, hover above them, and below scroll inscribed GLORIA IN EXCELC[IS]. Scene in wood frame shed. Miniature enclosed in architectural frame with niches containing four male (?) statues, nimbed, one holding book.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 39v Miniature: Shepherds: Annunciation -- Shepherdess, wearing headdress, with joined hands extended, pedum supported by left arm, kneels on one knee amid sheep. She is surrounded by three shepherds, two standing holding peda, and one seated, raising left hand to shield face. Above them bust of angel holds scroll inscribed GLORIA IN EXCELCIS. Scene in landscape with trees, and buildings in background. Margins: 1) In left margin, shepherdess, with joined hands, supporting pedum with right arm, kneels looking up toward rays descending from sky. 2) In lower margin, two grazing sheep are flanked by two shepherds, both kneeling with joined hands, looking up toward rays descending from sky. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by two birds.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 41v Miniature: Magi: Adoration -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, is seated before cloth of honor, holding nude Christ Child, nimbed on her lap, His right hand raised in blessing, His left hand extended toward eldest Magus, kneeling, with joined hands. Crown is on ground next to him. Joseph the Carpenter stands behind Virgin Mary looking toward second Magus, looking toward Joseph, extending covered vessel with right hand, and raising hat with crown from his head with left hand. Also looking toward Joseph is third Magus, wearing hat with crown, holding covered vessel with left hand. Rays descend from top of frame. Scene in building with lattice roof and with window. Margin, left: Magi: Journey -- In landscape, foremost of three Magi, crowned, indicates star above them in sky. Margin, lower: Magi: before Herod the Great -- Three magi, foremost holding pointed hat with crown, kneel (?) before Herod the Great, wearing hat with crown, extending right hand and holding scepter with left hand, standing in doorway (?). Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including rose and inhabited by bird and fantastic animal.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 43v Miniature: Christ: Presentation -- Beneath descending rays, Simeon, nimbed, with joined hands (?), is behind altar draped with cross-inscribed cloth. Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneels before altar holding nude Christ Child, crossed nimbus, with joined hands. Behind Virgin Mary stand Joseph the Carpenter with joined hands, Anna the Prophetess, wearing headdress, holding basket with three (?) doves, and crowd of men and women, three with nimbi. Three clerics, tonsured, stand at left behind Simeon. Scene in architectural setting with columns. Margin, left: Idol: falling -- Man with joined hands stands before pedestal from which idol falls. Margin, lower: Idol: falling -- Four men, three wearing hats, flank pedestal from which idol has fallen; feet remain on pedestal. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by fantastic animal.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 45v Miniature: Christ: Flight into Egypt -- Joseph the Carpenter, wearing hood, stands at head of bridled ass on which Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, sitting sideways, holds Christ Child, nimbed. Three angels (?) two with joined hands, walk behind the ass. Scene in landscape with trees and buildings on hills in distance. Margin, left: Christ: Flight into Egypt, Miracle of Cornfield -- Two men confront each other before cornfield; group of soldiers stand at left, ten holding spears. Margin, lower: Innocents: Massacre -- Mother, seated holding nude infant by right arm and left leg, looks up toward soldier, raising saber with right arm and holding left arm of the infant with his left hand. Herod, wearing hat with crown, holding scepter with right hand, is seated on throne at right. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by two fantastic animals.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 47v Miniature: Virgin Mary: Coronation, Virgin kneeling -- Virgin Mary, with joined hands, kneels before God, crossed nimbus of fleurs-de-lis (?), right hand raised in blessing, holding globe with left hand, seated on throne with canopy. Five angels stand Behind Virgin Mary, the foremost two holding crown above her head. Margin, left: Angel playing harp. Margin, lower: Angel playing organ and angel playing curved trumpet. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by bird and either fantastic animal or dog.
Page View with 2 details	MS M.174 fol. 52r Miniature: Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, is seated on throne with joined hands and with open book on her lap. She is flanked by 16 (?) Apostles, 13 (?) nimbed. Dove of Holy Ghost hovers above Virgin Mary, emitting flames and tongues of fire. Scene in room decorated with architectural ornament. Margin, lower: Christ: Baptism -- Christ, crossed nimbus, stands in water with hands joined. At right, John Baptist, kneeling on one knee, pours water with right hand over head of Christ. At left, angel stands holding garments. Scene in landscape with water, and buildings in background.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.174 fol. 54r David: rebuked by Nathan and David: communicating with God -- Nathan, wearing hat, with right hand indicates bust of God in arc of Heaven emitting rays. With left hand, Nathan gestures toward David, crowned, with joined hands, kneeling on one knee, looking up toward God in the arc of Heaven. Harp, partially in sack, is on floor next to David. Miniature enclosed in frame supported by columns decorated with fleurs-de-lis.
Page View with 1 detail	MS M.174 fol. 65r Job: with Friends Three -- Job, wearing loincloth, is seated on ash heap, with joined hands looking toward three friends, one wearing headgear, one wearing hat, the third kneeling with joined hands before Jobe. Scene in landscape with building and trees in background. Miniature enclosed by frame supported by columns, one decorated with fleurs-de-lis.
Page View with 3 details	MS M.174 fol. 83r Miniature: Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, is seated on throne with canopy, holding Christ Child, nimbed. At left are angel and female donor, wearing headress, and fur lined garment, kneeling with joined hands. At right stand two angels. Scene in room decorated with architectural ornament. Margin, right: Male donor (?) dressed in black, with joined hands, kneels looking toward Virgin Mary. Margin, lower: Theophilus the Penitent: Scene, praying to Virgin Mary -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and crowned, extends left arm toward Theophilus, tonsured, kneeling, holding book or document with left hand. Devil hovers behind him. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including strawberry and inhabited by bird, bee and snail.

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