Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, 1470-1480
MS M.137 fol. 27r

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Below canopy, Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneels before draped prie-dieu on which is book. Facing her is Archangel Gabriel holding scroll inscribed AVE MARIA PLENA. Dove of Holy Ghost hovers above Virgin Mary on rays coming through window at right.
Scene in room with windows, decorated wall and tile floor, below octagonal ceiling.
Foliate initial D with floreate ornament. Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including viola and inhabited by bird, angel, kneeling with joined hands, and peacock. Next to angel, scroll inscribed AVE GRATIA PLENA DOMINUS TECUM BENEDICTA.