Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Diurnal of Isabelle de Bourbon
France, Amiens, ca. 1455
MS M.221 fol. 223r

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Margin, center: Peacock. Margin, lower: Half-figure of angel, outstretched wings and hands to stems, amid foliate decoration. Margins decorated with foliate and floreate ornament, including daisies and forget-me-nots; some foliate sprays issuing from vase in right margin. Text is Chapter in 1st Vespers, Common of Saints, Confessor not a Bishop.