Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 149v

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament including strawberry and rose, inhabited by: 1) fantastic animal or bird with bat wings; 2) hybrid man, wearing hat, holding shield with human face in left hand and spear in right hand. Text from Mass for Easter.