Music-making angels stand on the wings and antlers of a fanciful creature, part animal/part vegetal, that is characteristic of French marginalia in the 1200s.
Bute Master
French, northeastern France, about 1270 - 1280
Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment
6 11/16 x 4 11/16 in.
MS. 46, FOL. 61V