Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Prayer book
France, Paris, ca. 1490
MS H.3 fol. 190v

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Avia of Sicily: Scene, in Prison -- Avia, nimbed, with joined hands appears in window. Outside Virgin Mary, nimbed, raises wafer (host) with right hand and holds chalice with left hand. Angel, holding cloth with right hand and covered pitcher with left hand stands Virgin Mary.
Scene in landscape with building on hill in distance.
Branch as line ending.