Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Artois, early 14th century
MS G.59 fol. 22r

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Shepherds: Annunciation -- A shepherd, seated on the ground, holds a bagpipe in his right hand and raises his left hand toward an angel, holding a scroll, on hillock. Grassy landscape with a seated dog as pet, two horned sheep, and a goat on hind legs, on hillock. Scene within a crocketed trefoil architectural frame and a finial, all within initial D decorated with interlace and foliage, gold diapered background, and diapered spandrels.
Margins - Rectilinear bars decorated with foliage, and inhabited by bird, rabbit, and deer with antlers seated on a mound.