Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
Italy, Rome, ca. 1483
MS M. 306 fol. 144r

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Mary Magdalen: meeting Peter and John -- Peter, hands raised, and John, arms crossed at chest, meet Mary Magdalen, holding ointment jar in left hand and raising right hand. All figures are nimbed.
Scene set in landscape within initial I composed of classical column.
Foliate border, including rosettes, frames text.