Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 131r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of man emerging from flower, hands holding rope emerging from his mouth; man seated on ground, wearing cap or helmet, raising sword with right hand, and round shield (buckler) with left hand.
Text is from Psalm 102 (Vulg., 101), Seven Penitential Psalms.