Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours or Paris, between ca. 1490-1510
MS M.291 fol. 25r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, and Elizabeth, nimbed and veiled with wimple, stand next to each other, holding hands.
Scene in landscape with rocky outcrops and buildings.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including viola and inhabited by bird and butterfly.