Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 221v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of man wearing hat, emerging from foliage, holding club (?) with right hand and shield with left; nude putto, winged, seated on cushion playing harp.
Text is from Psalm 27 (Vulg., 26), Office of the Dead, 2. Matins, 2. Nocturn.