Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
M.59 fol. 27v

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and crowned, sits on faldstool and holds nude Christ Child, cross nimbed, extending right hand toward flower held in raised right hand of Angel at left of miniature. At right is second angel, playing lute. Scene in vaulted room with four windows, decorated with curtain.
Margin is decorated with floreate border, inhabited by bird in lower margin.