Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 143v

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Initial D enclosing head of man wearing hood.
Initial O enclosing head of man.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: man sitting cross legged on ground, holding back legs of cat with extended right hand and front legs with left hand; man holding front legs of cat with right hand, back legs with left hand, tail of the cat in the man's mouth.