Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Tournai, ca. 1480-1490
MS M.171 fol. 22v

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, with hands clasped, is seated before cloth of honor, looking down toward open book on lap. She is flanked by 16 (?) apostles, nimbed, some kneeling, one gesturing upward, several looking up toward dove of Holy Ghost hovering amid rays in mandorla above them.