Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 152v

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Initial E enclosing head of man, beardless.
Initial E enclosing head of woman, veiled.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: winged hybrid man, arms crossed on breast, wearing scimitar at waist, with webbed feet; hybrid animal with human body raising object in right hand.