Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1500-1510
MS M.160 fol. 90r

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Virgin Mary: Infancy, Instruction -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, as young girl, stands with right hand on open book with pseudo-inscription, held in lap of Anna, nimbed, wearing wimpled veil.
Margins with leaf patterns of vinescroll ornament, inhabited by two fantastic animals, one winged.