Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Livre de la chasse
France, Paris, ca. 1406-1407
MS M.1044 fol. 64r

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Scene, Sports and Games: Hunting, Boar -- Of three men, wearing hats, astride bridled, galloping horses, one blows hunting horn, two wear swords at waists, and the third stabs boar with spear. Six dogs chase the boar; four other dogs are held by three men, two wearing headgear,one holding spear, and one wearing hat with hunting horn on strap on his shoulder. Another man, wearing hood, dog collar hanging on his right wrist, blows hunting horn.
Scene in landscape with trees against blue sky.
Ornament of rinceaux in margins.