Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Literary
France, Normandy, between 1400 and 1410
MS M.537 fol. 59r

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Man wearing hat and fur collar, raising right hand, holding book with left hand stands in landscape with representations of four elements. Above is sky with stars, sun and moon (air) and arc of flames (fire) at edge of the sky; the man stands on land with rocky outcrops with trees (earth), at the edge of body of water (water).
Margins decorated with foliate rinceaux.