225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station

Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, 1450-1475
MS M.56 fol. 51v

Two nude putti, each holding torch, sit on platform flanking flaming urn. The platform is on water with four dolphins beneath it.
Above miniature is scroll inscribed AD PRIMAM VERSUS.

Introduction

Manuscript list

Coptic bindings

Papyri

Indian and South Asian Miniatures

Iconographic search

Highlights

(3 of 15)