Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 217r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: man wearing knotted headress, kneeling, wearing short loincloth, holding club with left hand; fantastic bird.
Text is from Job 10: 8-12, Office of the Dead, Matins, 1st Nocturn, Lesson 3.