Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 28v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: head of man with animal ears emerging from foliage, facing head of man or hybrid man, emerging from same foliage; back turned man, kneeling, wearing hat, decorated with three bells or balls, holding staff with left hand.
Text is from Psalm 88 (Vulg. 87), Hours of the Passion, 1. Matins.