Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Hours of Claude Molé
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.356 fol. 30r

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Virgin Mary: Death -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, eyes opened, reclines with both hands crossed, on draped bed with pillow and headboard decorated with figures, surrounded by thirteen (?) nimbed apostles (some with only nimbi visible), including Apostle Peter, raising aspergil in right hand, beside one holding rosary, two with joined hands raised, standing at foot of the bed, and one, holding open book, seated on the floor before the bed. Scene in room with paneled wall and tiled floor. Illustration at end of Compline of the Hours of the Virgin.