Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 167v

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament, inhabited by: 1) hybrid man, wearing hat, holding sword in raised right hand and shield in left hand, in upper margin; 2) fantastic animal with bat wings in left margin; 3) man holding shield in left hand and pedum in raised right hand, emerging from mouth of fish, in lower margin. Text from Mass for Virgin Mary.