Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Tongerloo missal
Belgium, 1552
MS M.983. Fol. 230v

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Virgin Mary: Birth -- Anna, wearing headdress, reclines in draped canopy bed, extending left hand toward maidservant or midwife, wearing hat, standing next to the bed holding infant Mary, swaddled. On far side of the bed, another maidservant, veiled, holds bowl over bed with right hand.
Scene in bedroom with hooded fireplace with andiron, window, bench with cushion, and chair.