Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1470
MS M.169 fol. 34v

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, with scalloped nimbus, extends arms to Elizabeth, with scalloped nimbus, veiled, extending arms to Virgin Mary. Arc and emanating rays at top of arch of miniature. Scene in landscape with hills, trees, buildings, and stars in sky.
Margins with vinescroll, ivy-rinceaux, and floreate ornament.