309. MS M.917/945, pp. 232–233

Simon's setting – with its delicately ornamented pink tiles and exquisite floral green backdrop – is more elaborate than many in the book. The apostle reads from a book while cradling the instrument of his martyrdom in his left arm: a long-bladed saw. The border is made up of two varieties of fishing nets. A small man in red leans out from behind the frame of the miniature to repair one of the nets. The association with fishing may have resulted from confusion between this Simon (known often as "the Zealot") and Simon Peter, the great fisherman who became the fisher of men.