Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Tongerloo missal
Belgium, 1552
MS M.983. Fol. 254r

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, veiled, wearing wimpled headdress, is seated, open book on lap (reading). She is flanked by thirteen apostles, two holding and looking down toward open books (reading), three looking upward toward dove of Holy Ghost hovering amid descending rays.
Scene in room with elaborate architectural detail.