Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Lyon or Amiens, ca. 1450-1460
MS M.1066 fol. 186r

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated on throne covered with patterned fabric beneath canopy, holds nude Christ Child on lap, both flanked by two angels holding drapes of the canopy. Female donor, wearing forked headdress (henniquin), kneels with joined hands raised before the Virgin and Child.
Scene in room within arched gold frame.
Margins with foliate border.