Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 169v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of man emerging from foliage, wearing crown of emperor, holding upturned sword with right hand and raising left hand; half-figure of man, crowned, holding upturned sword with right hand, wearing at left side, shield on strap over right shoulder.
Text is from O intemerata in French.