Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1500
MS M.129 fol. 21r

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneels with joined hands raised beside prie-dieu with open book with pseudo-inscription, all beneath canopy. Before her and beside lily in vase kneels Archangel Gabriel, wearing cope, holding scepter in right hand. Tiny nimbed dove of Holy Ghost descends on rays from upper right toward the Virgin Mary. Scene set in hexagonal structure, possibly chapel, at top of which are statues of Adam and Eve, both nude and holding fruit, flanking human-headed serpent encircling architectural pinnacle.
Miniature enclosed in gold frame.