"F" The Nine Worthies

Interior has 10 rondels with representations of the Crucifixion and the Nine Worthies all on horseback, all with coats of arms except Hector

3 pagan worthies: Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar; 3 Jewish worthies: Joshua, King David, Judas Macabee; 3 Christian worthies: Charlemagne, King Arthur, Godefroy de Bouillon

The F has been said to be that of Philibert le Beau, Margaret of Austria's second husband, but his name was never spelled with an F. The other hypothesis is that it belonged to François I, e.g., Sauzay, 1861.

"M" Life of St. Margaret

M of Margaret of Austria with scenes of the life of St. Margaret of Antioch from the Golden Legend:

front: the kidnapping of Margaret; Margaret before the governor who ordered her kidnapping

back: [Upper] the beating of Margaret; the execution of Margaret; [lower] Margaret with the dragon; Margaret with a devil

Saints; Virgin and Child

left scene: seated Saint Andrew with his cross flanked by seated saints Catherine with a sword (l) and Barbara beside a tower (r), each of whom holds a book; right scene: standing Virgin and Child with a male and a female donor kneeling in prayer to either side, with a blank escutcheon above each donor

Decade Rosary (partial)

Partial decade rosary: Paternoster - Upper scene: Holy Kinship: Virgin and Child with saints Anne, Cleophas and Salome; Lower scene: Virgin in the Sun
Two ave beads: first ave bead: the birth of Eve, Temptation, Eve imploring God; Second ave bead: Resurrection of Lazarus, Christ's Entry into Jerusalem, Last Supper

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