Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Germany, possibly Würzburg, ca. 1477
MS G.13 fol. 31r

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Escutcheon with unidentified arms, surmounted by a helm, surmounted by a dog, with similar heraldic design on its ear, all amid vinescroll in decorated initial D. Margins with vinescroll ornament, inhabited by two birds in top margin, and in lower margin, two hens pecking at seeds (?) on ground.