Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1430-1435
MS M.359 fol. 148v

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Legend, Dance of Death -- Man, wearing hat, walking behind horse or ass carrying sacks of cargo, turns to right toward corpse (skeleton), touching him on the back. Diapered background. Scene in half-circular vignette in left margin.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux, foliate, and vinescroll ornament.