Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Paris, ca. 1500-1510
MS W.30 fol. 104r

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled with wimple, with joined hands, kneels amidst nine Apostles, two nimbed, some looking up at rays descending from dove of Holy Ghost, nimbed, hovering.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including strawberry and daisy, and inhabited by bird and hybrid animal.