Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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Initial D enclosing head of man wearing hat.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: figure of man emerging from flower, wearing headdress, shield on back, knotted sash on right shoulder, holding hammer with right hand; half-figure of man wearing hat, arms crossed on breast, emerging from foliage.