Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, Nantes and Paris, 1402
MS M.515 fol. 35r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, extends hands to Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing wimpled veil and long mantle draped over shoulders, extending right hand to abdomen of the Virgin and joining left hand with her right hand. Scene on path against patterned background. Borders decorated with foliate and ivy-leaf ornament.