Initial D with the bust of a man The glance of this curious fellow turns toward a prayer or a psalm text, now cut away, in a book of hours. The artist has playfully composed the man's headgear out of the same foliate motifs that form the letter D, blurring the distinction between art and design. The reverse contains a passage of text from the last prayer said during Vespers of the Hours of the Holy Spirit. It is not clear... This image shows the reverse of a cutting with an initial from a book of hours. The text is from the last prayer of Vespers of the Hours of the Holy Spirit. The word 'pletorium' in red is a fragment of the rubric 'ad completorium' or 'at Compline,' the last canonical hour of the day.
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