Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Diurnal of Isabelle de Bourbon
France, Amiens, ca. 1455
MS M.221 fol. 158v

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oachim and Anna: at Golden Gate -- Joachim, bearded, wearing conical headgear, raises right hand to lift veil of Anna, nimbed, wearing wimple, both look at each other, with arms extended to each other (embracing), before crenellated gate. Scene on path in landscape with hill and trees in background. Margin, left: Pair of confronting sirens. Margin, lower: Hybrid man with body of peacock, outstretched wings and human feet (?). Margins decorated with foliate and floreate ornament, including daisies, cornflowers and columbines. Text is from Lauds for Feast of the Immaculate Conception of Virgin Mary (12.08).