Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Ghent; England, ca. 1420
MS M.46 fol. 85v

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child: Type, Apocalyptic Woman -- Virgin Mary, with star-inscribed nimbus, emanating rays, with feet on crescent moon, holds in her lap nude infant Christ Child, nimbed, all enclosed in mandorla, with faces of angels (?) at corners.
Margins with diaper ornament.