Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 115v

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Initial N enclosing head of man with eyes shut.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: hybrid man with bat wing, wearing hat, raising bell with right hand, with face on hindquarters; hybrid animal with dog head and human torso, emerging from foliage.