Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
England, perhaps Cambridge, ca. 1320
MS M.107 fol. 25r

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Border composed of bands of foliate ornament inhabited by numerous grotesques, including hybrid men and animals. Those in lower margin are upside-down.
Bands interrupted by quatrefoils with geometric decoration and medallions with portraits of men and veiled women, including one crowned.
Small initials with foliate ornament.
Square musical notation on four-line staves.