Medieval Animals
The LibraryBook of Hours

The Hours of Saint-Omer

c. 1320–1330Saint-Omer / Artois, Northern France

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An extraordinarily playful northern French Book of Hours filled with bas-de-page scenes of animals mimicking humans, tournament hares, battling snails, and hybrid creatures.

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