Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 58r

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament including columbine, inhabited by: 1) monkey, wearing hood, arms crossed, seated in right margin; 2) fantastic animal holding bannered spear with right paw, in right margin. Text is from Hours of the Virgin, Vespers.