Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Prayer book and life of St. Margaret
France, ca. 1390
MS M.947 fol. 66r

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Scene, Secular: Instruction -- Within initial C, man wearing hat is seated on bench, holding mace or scepter with left hand, indicating with right hand book held open by man kneeling before him.
Margins decorated with border of foliate rinceaux inhabited by butterflies, dragon and bird.