Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, ca. 1350
MS M.75 fol. 586r

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Scene, liturgical: obsequies -- Two clerics, tonsured, stand before draped coffin, chanting from open book with pseudo-inscription on lectern.
Scene against patterned background in barbed quatrefoil.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), ass stands before lectern with open book with pseudo inscription beside draped altar with processional cross. Dog holds open book with pseudo-inscription.
In margins, foliate extensions inhabited by birds.