Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1520
MS M.74 fol. 112v

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Pentecost -- Dove of Holy Ghost emitting rays and descending in orb above Virgin Mary, nimbus as rays, veiled with wimple, orant and kneeling before prie-dieu on which is open book with pseudo-inscriptions. She is surrounded by twelve apostles, two of which are at the door of the room, all nimbed and kneeling, and several with joined hands raised. Scene in barrel-vaulted room with draped cupboard and tiled floor. Margins decorated with borders of strewn flowers including daisy, crocus, and wild rose and inhabited by pair of moths. Miniature facing the beginning of Matins in Short Hours of the Holy Spirit.