Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

562. MS M.399, fol. 283v

ca. 1515

Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)

Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 283v

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910

Within a landscape, are nimbed apostles, including Apostle James Major, wearing a pilgrim's hat, Apostle Paul, holding a sword, Apostle Peter, holding a key in his right hand and a book in his left hand, Apostle Andrew, holding a saltire cross, and Evangelist John, holding a cross-staff. One apostle holds a spear.
The scene is framed by a decorated border inscribed in display script DVM STETERITIS ANTE REGES.