Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Provence, ca. 1440-1450
MS M.358 fol. 109v

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In left margin, male centaur, wearing armor, holds bauble in right hand (suggesting fool) and grasps foliate extension with left hand (similar reversed image on recto).
In lower margin (bas-de-page), bird (similar reversed image on recto).
Marginal figures set within foliate border decorated with flowers and acanthus leaves.