Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 85v

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Initial U enclosing bust of man, wearing hat and fur-lined garment, amid rays. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling floreate and foliate decoration inhabited by lion and collared bear flanking male musician playing lute; busts of three men amid foliage (lower).