Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, Lyons, 1484
MS M.1162. Fol. 016r

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Evangelist, Luke: painting Virgin Mary -- Evangelist Luke, bearded, sits in profile on bench, raising both hands to image of Virgin Mary on easel on table, before standing Virgin Mary, veiled, with joined hands raised; all in room with window and decorated tapestry hanging at left.
Initial I decorated with foliate ornament, at beginning of Gospel Sequence of Luke.
Margin right with block border inhabited by two birds and decorated with foliate ornament, including blueberries.