Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 226r

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Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: winged dragon on foliage; half-figure of youth emerging from flower, holding whirligig with right hand.
Text is from Psalm 030 (Vulg., 029), Office of the Dead, 2. Matins, 3. Nocturn.