Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 117r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: winged hybrid man, crowned, with fish body, and peacock tail; man in tub, pouring water (?) onto himself from pitcher held in raised left hand (Scene, Secular: Bathing ?).
Text is from Hours of the Virgin, 6. None, Chapter