Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1515
MS M.399 fol.376v

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Virgin Mary, nimbed, wearing fillet, holds nude Christ Child, rayed nimbus, in both hands, partly draped. He touches her neck with left hand.
Miniature at beginning of Obsecro te.
Miniature and text framed by border decorated with flowers, including poppy, viola, strawberry, rose, and pink, and inhabited by butterfly.