Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 78v

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Initial F enclosing head of man looking upward, mouth open, tongue emerging.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: winged hybrid man blowing into instrument shaped like vase, with mouthpiece; hybrid man wearing hat, raising club with right hand and holding shield.