Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.189 fol. 29v

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, stands holding with her left hand the right arm of kneeling Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing turban-like headdress with wimple, her arms crossed on her breast.
Scene in landscape with trees and rocky outcrop with house.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.