225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1500
MS M.220 fol. 61v
Virgin Mary: Coronation, Virgin kneeling -- Two angels place crown on head of Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneeling with joined hands raised before God, with crossed nimbus, raising right hand in blessing and holding cross-surmounted globe in left hand, seated on throne with architectural canopy. Brocade cloth and marble-paneled walls in background.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament, inhabited by fantastic animal with beak.
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