Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Tournai, 1480s
MS M.234 fol. 56v

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands in her lap, is seated before prie-dieu on which is open book. Hovering in doorway, Archangel Gabriel, holds scepter in extended right hand and raises left hand. Rays stream above Gabriel toward Mary. Behind her is bed with canopy, cabinet with shelf below and footstool.
Scene in room with wood ceiling, doorway and tile floor.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including rose, strawberry, viola, daisy, dianthus, and columbine, and inhabited by peacock.