Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Tournai, ca. 1470
MS M.251 fol. 24v

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, raising right hand, is seated with open book on her lap. She is surrounded by eleven Apostles, nimbed, many with joined hands, kneeling. Dove of Holy Ghost flies toward Virgin Mary on rays streaming through window
Scene in room with windows and tile floor.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.