Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Amiens, ca. 1480
MS M.198 fol. 117r

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Mary Magdalen, veiled, as half-figure, lifts lid from ointment jar held in right hand. In background is castle.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament in curivlinear patterns, inhabited by two-legged fantastic animal.