Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 65r

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament including viola, inhabited by: 1) monkey, seated, wearing hood, in right margin; 2) man, wearing hat, sitting with legs pulled up and arms around knees, possibly exposing buttocks, in right margin; 3) man, reclining on back, legs pulled up with arms around knees, possibly exposing buttocks, in lower right margin; 4) rabbit in lower margin. Text from Psalter of Jerome.