Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1470-1480
M.239 fol. 145r

Escutcheon decorated with heraldry (or a lion rampant gules, on a rounded canton azure a mullet or) with motto above DESIR SANS VANITE. Four monograms above and below the escutcheon including two pairs of interlocking Ds, PC and MD.

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