Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Loire, ca. 1475
MS G.1.I fol. 36v

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, rays as nimbus, extends her arms to left arm of Elizabeth, wearing headdress, extending her right arm to Mary. They stand on road next to wattle fence in landscape with rocky outcrop, trees, figure on road, and city in distance.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament on trellises including rose and grapes, and quadruped on hind legs with circular object around chest. In left margin, initials I and B bound together with knotted cord. In lower margin scroll inscribed with ET NON AVTRE.