Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 77v

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Initial D enclosing head of man.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: hybrid animal with human body, raising right hand, holding crutch with left hand, hand crutches strapped to legs with no feet; hybrid animal with rabbit head, human torso, holding small round shield (buckler) with right hand, and dagger with left hand.