Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1470
MS M.28 fol. 102v

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Amid foliate ornament in margins are monkey, wearing short mantle, bending forward and waving arms; goldfinch, with right leg raised and wings extended; two hybrid birds, one with animal head, possibly ass, and the other with human head; and man, hooded, holding object, possibly scissors, in right hand.