Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 157v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: monkey astride camel (Scene, Burlesque: Riding); hybrid animal, wearing broad brimmed hat, raising left human hand, holding staff with right human hand, wearing knotted sash at waist, with horned human head on hindquarters.
Text is end of Prayer to the Cross.