Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
England, Winchester or Norwich, ca. 1450
MS M.255 fol. 94r

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Personification: Soul, borne to Heaven -- Nude personification of soul, with arms crossed on his breast, is borne to heaven in napkin held by two angels. Above, in cloudy arc of heaven, emanating rays, is God, nimbed, gesturing. Below are three graves.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament.