Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1420-1425
MS M.1004 fol. 29r

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Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament, inhabited by: 1) man wearing tall pointed hat, emerging from flower, pouring from pitcher held in right hand to bowl in left hand; 2) man wearing tall pointed hat, emerging from pot, holding drinking horn (?) in raised left hand; 3) swan. Text, Hours of the Virgin, Matins.