Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 72r

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1) Initial H enclosing head of man. 2) Initial Q enclosing head of man, wearing hat. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling floreate and foliate decoration inhabited by collared dog and lion (upper and lower right); half figures of two clerics, and woman, with left hand holding ball (right); bust of bearded man amid foliage (lower).