Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 192v

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Giles of Provence: Scene, shielding Doe -- Man, wearing hat, raisies right had and holds bow in left hand, faces Giles of Provence, nimbed, seated on rock. He places right hand on neck of doe, raised on hind legs, and grasps its left foreleg with his left hand. Scene in landscape setting.
Margins decorated with floreate border.