hāma

hāma, m.n: cricket, grasshopper. (HA-ma / ˈhaː-ma)

Section of a medieval manuscript page with writing in Latin and a floral border with a grasshopper in the upper margin.
Bréviaire de Marie de Savoie; Italy (Milan), c. 1430; Bibliothèques municipales de Chambéry, MSS C 4. [bibliotheque-numerique.chambery.fr]

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