Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Tyrol, Austria, or southern Germany, ca. 1500
MS S.14 fol. 6v

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, wearing wreath (?), holding scepter in right hand and scroll with pseudo-inscription in left hand, kneels before Virgin Mary, nimbed, kneeling beneath canopy at prie-dieu. Above, rays emanate from cloud of heaven toward the Virgin Mary.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament.