Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Brittany, ca. 1465
MS M.84 fol. 24r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, with right hand on her abdomen, places her left hand on abdomen of Elizabeth, nimbed, veiled, extending both hands to Virgin Mary. They stand before stone house with two turrets and arched doorway, through which staircase is visible.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament, inhabited by squirrel.