Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1440-1449
MS M.202 fol. 5r

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Month, Occupation: May -- Young man, wearing hat, with hawk on his right wrist, sits astride horse. Behind him, seated sideways, is woman, veiled, with her right arm around his torso. Scene in landscape with trees and distant buildings on hills.
Side margins with ivy-rinceaux and floreate ornament.