White Dove in a Gold Medallion

White dove in a gold medallion, illustration on fol. 3r of J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig XV 3. The manuscript was written in Flanders (now Northern France) in about 1270. A white dove in the middle ages was a symbol of John the Baptist, and represented the cleansing of baptism. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program. Although the Getty Museum makes digital images available for re-use through the Open Content Program, it neither endorses nor approves of Medieval Manuscript Designs products.