Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1470
MS M.167 fol. 1r

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Calendar page for January:
In right margin, peacock.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man, riding animal (possibly lion) and holding lance in right hand, faces centaur, holding human-faced shield in right hand and scimitar in left hand.
Figures in foliate border of acanthus leaves and flowers, surrounding calendar.