Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1440
MS M.157 fol. 48v

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding book in right hand, stands beside Elizabeth, nimbed and veiled, extending right hand toward the Virgin. Scene in landscape setting with windmill and other buildings on hills in distance.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including daisies, inhabited by birds, moths, man, and two half-figures of men, wearing hats, emerging from flowers.