Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.197 fol. 125r

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Miniature:
Half-figure of Archangel Michael, nimbed, wearing armor, raising sword in right hand, holding round shield (buckler) in left hand.
Margin, lower:
Monkey (?) astride hybrid animal in landscape flanked by two trees.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.