Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, Lyons, 1484
MS M.1162. Fol. 182v

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Mary Magdalen, as half-figure, holds ointment jar with both hands, in landscape.
Decorated initial M of Maria in upper right corner of miniature.
Margin left with block border inhabited by bird and decorated with floreate and foliate ornament, including violas, daisies and strawberries.
Illustration for Suffrage to Mary Magdalen.