Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500-1515
M.58 fol. 33v

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Shepherds: Annunciation -- Of three shepherds looking up, two hold peda, one wears hood, two wear hats. Above, angel appears in rayed arc of Heaven. Sheep are in background.
Scene in landscape with rocky outcrop, hill in distance.
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament inhabited by two birds.