Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, probably Paris or possibly the Loire region, ca. 1460
MS M.381 fol. 16r

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De Mulieribus Claris: Scene, Cephalus slaying Procris -- Cephalus, wearing hat trimmed with vair, aims arrow in bow at Procris, wearing headdress, standing among trees. At left, watching from behind rocky outcrop, is another woman, wearing hennin, probably Eos.
Scene in landscape with rocky outcrops and trees.