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St. Agatha. A page from The Hours of Catherine of Cleves.

Illuminated by the Master of Catherine of Cleves, The Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440.

Books of Hours were medieval prayer books designed for laymen.

The manuscript is housed at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City.

 

Marginalia in Medieval Manuscripts at

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