Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1494
MS M.1078 fol. 56v

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Pentecost -- Dove of Holy Ghost, emanating rays, appears above Virgin Mary, with joined hands raised, and twelve apostles, all with rays as nimbus and with tongue of flame above their heads. Scene beneath architectural canopy.
Margins with scattered flowers and vinescroll in lozenge pattern, inhabited by two birds, two flies, and monkey.