Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, Ferrara, ca. 1480
MS M.187 fol. 128v

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In floreate initial D, putto, astride dolphin, holds back of dolphin with right hand and raises whip (goad) with left hand.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament inhabited by rabbit, weasel, ostrich, and butterfly.