Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 138r

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Initial I enclosing half-figure of Christ, crossed nimbus, hands crossed and bound.
Christ: bearing Cross -- Initial I enclosing half-figure of Christ, crossed nimbus, carrying cross on left shoulder.
Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of man emerging from foliage, reading book held with both hands; half-figure of man emerging from foliage, wearing flowing cape, looking upward, raising right hand.