Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 136v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: man, tonsured, mouth open, holding book open with left hand, seated in boat; merman, wearing hood, playing bagpipe (Scene, Burlesque: playing Musical Instrument).
Text is from Litany.