Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
England, perhaps Cambridge, ca. 1320
MS M.107 fol. 232v

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Border composed of bands of foliate ornament, inhabited by numerous grotesques, including hybrid men, fantastic and hybrid animals, and monkey.
Bands interrupted by quatrefoils with geometric ornament, and medallions enclosing portraits of men and women, including crowned kings and queens, tonsured priests, and bishop wearing miter.
Small initials with foliate ornament.