Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 11v

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament, including strawberry, inhabited by hybrid cock with animal tail, and by male figure, arms crossed at breast, kneeling on one knee, facing the cock. All in lower margin. Text, Obsecro te.