Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 11r

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Upper vignette:
Male figure, wearing hat, kneels (?) and raises his hands, in front of landscape with trees and field of grain.
Lower vignette:
Of two shepherds, wearing hats, one raises hands and holds staff, and one extends right hand. Flock in background. Scene in landscape setting, withing architectural frame.
Caption between vignettes reads, QUA(N)T DIEU NASQ(UI)T CHASCU(N) SESMERVEILLA CAR LES ARBRES FUEILLES FRUIT PORTOIE(N)T ET LES BREBIS PAR LES CHAMPS AIGNELLOI(N)T CONCLUSION TOUT SE RENOUELLA.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including daisies, inhabited by bear, wearing collar and boots, holding scimitar in both hands, beside bird.