Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 212r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: man wearing very tall hat, astride quadruped with ears on hindquarters; hybrid man wearing hat using curry comb (?), held with left hand, on hindquarters.
Text is from Office of the Dead, Matins.