Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 198r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: youthful nude figure, straddling pole held with left hand, holding pole of whirligig under right arm, two moths or butterflies next to him; centaur, wearing hat and hood, holding ladle with left hand and hook with right.
Text is from Suffrage to Martha of Bethany