Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1470
MS M.366. Fol. 002v

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Heraldry, French: Jouvenel des Ursins -- Escutcheon bears arms of Jouvenel des Ursins (gules, three bendlets argent; a chief per fess of the second and or, on the last a rose of the first; two lions for supporters; issuing from a wreath of the colors, a bear (ursus). Below the escutcheon is scroll with inscription JUUENAL DES URSINS. Surrounding heraldic decoration are five plants, bear's breeches.