Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Saint-Omer, between 1320 and 1329
MS M.754 fol. 101r

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Decorated initial D of Prayer to Christ, Domine ihesu christe qui nos per passionem de dyabolica seruitute liberasti.
Initial D of Prayer to Christ, Domine ihesu christe qui manus in cruce misisti, enclosing bust of man.
Margins decorated with curvilinear foliate stems and balls.
Margin, lower, inhabited by bird and rabbit, seated.
Margin, right, inhabited by hybrid cleric or high priest, wearing almuce, holding open book, and butterfly.