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Sacramentary
France, Mont-Saint-Michel, ca. 1060
MS M.641 fol. 142v

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Virgin Mary: Assumption -- Hand of God in cloud-edged arc of heaven appears above Virgin Mary, nimbed, crowned, with palm branch in right hand, in mandorla upheld by draped hands of two nimbed angels.
Scene within frame decorated with foliate ornament and four ornamental medallions at corners.
Illustration facing Collect for Feast of Assumption of Virgin Mary.



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