Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 245v

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Initial D enclosing head of youth.
Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: soldier, wearing helmet and armor, holding shield with right hand and scimitar with left hand, kneeling, footless, shin guards strapped to his lower legs; white dog, possibly greyhound.