Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1445
M.287 fol. 51r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Within initial D, Virgin Mary, nimbed, grasps hands of Elizabeth, nimbed and veiled with wimple, kneeling.
Scene in landscape with trees.
Text surrounded on three sides by gold frame, partially decorated with floreate ornament. Margins decorated with border of rinceaux, foliate and floreate ornament.