Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, 1350-1400
M.149 fol. 296r

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Initial U enclosing heraldry of France (ancient: azure semy of fleur-de-lis or).
Margins decorated with rectilinear bars from which sprout vines inhabited by monkey, indicating upward with right hand, holding white disk, possibly wafer (host) with left hand.