Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Angers or Nantes, ca. 1440
M.63 fol. 71v

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Giles of Provence: Scene, shielding Doe -- Giles of Provence, nimbed, wearing monk's robes, with right hand grasps arrow piercing deer's neck. Scene in landscape setting.
Margins are decorated with floreate border, including roses, violas, and strawberries, inhabited by monkey.