Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 209v

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Initial F enclosing head of man wearing hood.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: hybrid man wearing hat, back turned, grasping tail with left hand, cutting the tail with scimitar held with right hand; bird, wings spread, standing on foliage.