Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Provence, ca. 1470-1480
MS M.1107 fol. 87r

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, sits with joined hands raised amid nimbed, kneeling apostles. Tongues of flame descend from arched window below architectural pinnacle.
Margins with floreate ornament, inhabited by bird.