Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1430-1435
MS M.359 fol. 55r

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Christ: meeting Samaritan Woman -- Christ, with crossed nimbus, gesturing, stands before Samaritan woman, wearing headdress and veil, drawing water from wellhead with pitcher held in left hand. Scene in landscape with trees and sky. Scene in medallion in right margin.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux, foliate, and vinescroll ornament.