Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1418
MS M.919 fol. 47r

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Initial S enclosing head of man.
Right margin decorated with border of ivy rinceaux inhabited by: half-figure of winged hybrid animal with human body, emerging from foliage, playing recorder; animal, possibly camel, with head of man visible in structure on back of the camel.