Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1500
MS M.156 fol. 68r

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Miniature:
Probably draped bier with candlestick at each end.
Margins, lower to right:
1) Legend, Three Living and Dead -- Two of three horsemen wear hats with plumes, two hold scepters, and all indicate with either hand or scepter, the three figures on preceding folio. Dog accompanies them.
2) Scene, Sports and Games: Hunting, Deer -- Two dogs are amid trees. Beyond trees three hunters pursue six deer.