Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
England, perhaps Cambridge, ca. 1320
MS M.107 fol. 163r

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Border composed of bands of foliate ornament, inhabited by numerous grotesques, including hybrid men.
Bands interrupted by medallions and quatrefoils enclosing portraits of men and women, including crowned queens and tonsured cleric.
Small initials with foliate ornament.
Square musical notation on four-line staves.