Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 154r

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Initial E enclosing head of man wearing hat.
Initial E enclosing head of youthful man wearing cap.
Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: hybrid man, torso facing right, feet facing left, wearing hood, holding bell with right hand, possibly raising second bell with left hand, wearing human-faced shield at side; half-figure of animal emerging from flower.