Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, perhaps Delft, 1415-1420
MS M.866 fol. 24r

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Within initial D, nude youths, probably John Baptist, nimbed, and Christ Child, crossed (?) nimbus, sit on gold ground, John touching face with left hand and extending right hand toward object, at their feet, indicated by right hand of Christ.
Margins decorated with rectilinear bars with vines.