Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Provence, ca. 1440-1450
MS M.358 fol. 31v

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In upper margin, two men, nude, hold hands and dance (similar reversed image on recto).
In left margin, hybrid animal with body of snake and head of horse (similar reversed image on recto).
In lower margin (bas-de-page), centaur, crowned, drawing bow and arrow, possibly suggesting Sagittarius (similar reversed image on recto).
Marginal figures set within foliate border with flowers and acanthus leaves.