Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Gradual, Sequentiary, and Sacramentary
Germany, Weingarten, ca. 1225-1250
MS M.711 fol. 27v

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Virgin Mary: Birth -- Within decorated initial G, Virgin Mary, scalloped nimbus, swaddled, reclines in crib. Below, midwife, wearing headdress and wimple, and Joachim are beside Anna, nimbed, wearing wimple, reclining with right hand across breast, indicating Virgin Mary.