Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 41v

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Left margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of man wearing hat, holding shield with right hand and sword with left hand; half-figure of man emerging from foliage, raising with draped left hand, mirror in which reflection is visible.
Text is from Psalm 109 (Vulg. 108), Hours of the Passion, 4. Terce.