Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 211r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: soldier, wearing helmet, holding small round shield (buckler) with right hand and sword with left; winged hybrid man with distorted face, supporting himself with right hand on hand crutch.
Text is from Office of the Dead, Matins.