Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1490-1500
MS M.1054 fol. 36r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, and Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing knotted headdress with wimple, extend hands to each other.
Scene in landscape with rocky outcrops, building, possibly house, in background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including viola and daisy, and inhabited by bird.