Medieval Book of Hours France (1450) right page, spread #107

Medieval Book of Hours France (1450) right page, spread #107

This Page is unique in that it doesn’t feature any animals, people or mythical creatures in the marginalia illustration. Instead, the boarder illustration is made up entirely of foliage. It’s possible that this page and those like it found throughout this book were made by a different illustrator than that of the other pages. It was common practice for multiple illustrators to work on illuminated manuscripts such as this one. Regardless, the inclusion of pages with foliage only may be meant as a visual break from the characters that are prominent throughout the rest of the book.

1450

Public Domain

Still Image

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