Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Provence, ca. 1440-1450
MS M.358 fol. 110v

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In left margin, weasel, dressed as preacher, stands in pulpit preaching to cock and hen (similar reversed image on recto).
In lower margin, man, nude, grasps foliate extension with left hand (similar reversed image on recto).
Marginal figures set into foliate border decorated with flowers and acanthus leaves.