Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 38r

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Initial D enclosing head of woman (?).
Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of woman, veiled, emerging from foliage, both hands indicating text block; hybrid animal with human hands, joined, and with ears on hindquarters.