Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Germany, possibly Würzburg, ca. 1477
MS G.13 fol. 19r

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Escutcheon with unidentified arms (vert a fess argent), surmounted by a helm surmounted by a heraldic dog, also vert a fess argent, all amid vinescroll in decorated initial B.
Margins with foliate, vinescroll, and geometric ornament, inhabited by peacock and small bird in top right margin, and in lower margin by goldfinch (?), rabbit, and parrot (?) and peacock, both perched on rim of basin.