Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Saint-Omer, between 1320 and 1329
MS M.754 fol. 98r

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Initial D of Prayer, Dona michi queso omnipotens deus, enclosing bust of woman wearing snood with fillet.
Margins decorated with curvilinear foliate stems and balls.
Margin, upper, inhabited by bird.
Margin, lower, inhabited by dog attacking rabbit.
Margin, right, inhabited by rabbit and by dog with collar.
Line ending decorated.