225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Missal
France, Tours, ca. 1500
M.495 fol. 131r
Virgin Mary: Assumption -- Virgin Mary, veiled, with joined hands, is in sky amid rays, flanked and supported by four angels. Below is sarcophagus with lid across center. It is flanked by 16 (?) apostles, nimbed, one orant, one raising hand, one extending right hand, one with joined hands and one with clasped hands. Most, only tops of heads are visible. Four look upward.
Border around two sides of the miniature of camaïeu foliate ornament.
Columbine within initial U.
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