Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 71r

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament, inhabited by: 1) hybrid animal, raising human arms (orant) in upper margin; 2) man, hooded, playing double pipes, in right margin; 3) hybrid animal playing tabor, in lower margin; 4) doughnut shaped vase in lower right corner of margin. Text from Psalter of Jerome.