Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps in Berry, ca. 1510
MS M.250 fol. 95r

See more information »

Daisies within foliate initial D in frame enclosing: fantastic animal; archer possibly aiming at the fantastic animal; two seated confronted men holding swords (?) and flanked by eagle (?) and fantastic animal (?); prone man grasping tail of the initial D; and possibly two men wrestling or fighting.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including thistle, rose, daisy, and viola, and inhabited by white dog reclining on grassy hillock.