Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Diurnal of Isabelle de Bourbon
France, Amiens, ca. 1455
MS M.221 fol. 216v

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Margin, left: Hybrid bird, with mouth instead of beak, facing left. Margins decorated with foliate and floreate ornament, including violas, irises, daisies and strawberries. Text is Chapter for 1st Vespers on Common of Saints for single martyr.