Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Little office of the Virgin
France, ca. 1650
MS M.13 fol. 1r

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Ornamental title page, decorated with escutcheon with arms of Honoré Parfait, flanked by palm branches and garlands of fruit and flowers, with classicizing frame enclosing plaque inscribed PETIT OFFICE DE LA V[IERGE] MARIE. ESCRIT PAR N. JARRY. Below is head of woman, flanked by floral garlands extending from the frame.