Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Northeastern France, between 1425 and 1450
MS M.971 fol. 16v

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary and thirteen apostles, all nimbed, some with joined hands, most only nimbus visible, are in vaulted room with window. Dove of Holy Ghost hovers amid rays above them.
Margins decorated with border of ivy rinceaux and floreate ornament inhabited by two birds.