Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 14r

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Initial U: Initial U of Usquequo enclosing bust of man, emanating rays. Decorated initial of Psalm 13. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling foliate decoration inhabited by dragon, monkey and hybrid man, winged, wearing tunic, and raising scimitar (right).