Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 144r

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament including rose, inhabited by: 1) fantastic animal, possibly dragon; 2) hybrid man, wearing hood, holding bell in left hand, in right margin; 3) dog emerging from flower, in right margin. Text from Fifteen Joys of the Virgin.