Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 161v

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament, inhabited by: fantastic animal in left margin and merman, wearing hat and playing two drums, possibly attached to his waist, holding drumstick in each hand, in lower margin. Text from Mass for birth of John Baptist.