Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Warburg hours
Belgium, Antwerp, between 1460 and 1470
MS M.1178. Fol. 093r

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Margins inhabited by hybrid woman, with bared torso, and lower half of toad-like beast with face, gesturing (upper right), and bas-de-page illustration of man, pushing wheelbarrow, possibly laden with body of fox.
Margins decorated with floreate and foliate decoration, including roses, daisies, and strawberries.
Initial O decorated with foliage and text within three-sided gold frame decorated with knotted interlace for beginning Seven Sorrows of the Virgin.