Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, Normandy, between 1400 and 1410
MS M.537 fol. 297v

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Scene, Secular: Instruction -- Man, holding up robe with right hand, raising left hand, stands behind teacher, wearing cap, extending left hand toward trees, some bearing fruit, in walled garden. Bird flies above the trees; head of second bird emerges from tree.
Margins decorated with foliate rinceaux.