Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1470
MS M.28 fol. 120v

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Amid foliate ornament in margins are angel, squatting down, holding rod in both hands; fantastic animal with moth wings and beak; fantastic animal with short legs, scales on breast, moth wings, and human-looking face; bird with long beak; and animal, possibly monkey, wearing cowl, possibly sitting on object, possibly hay bale, stump, or beehive.