Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 27v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: winged fantastic animal on foliage; man wearing oversized helmet, holding round shield (buckler) with left hand and raising sword with right hand.
Text is from Psalm 88 (Vulg. 87), Hours of the Passion, 1. Matins.