Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1531
MS M.451 fol. 66v

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Four angels, one playing harp, one playing flute, one holding flower in both hands and one holding open book with pseudo-inscription, all flank Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, seated on low wall beneath canopy with pseudo-inscription, holding in lap nude Christ Child, with rays as nimbus, right hand extended toward flower held by the angel.