Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.390 fol. 172v

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Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, stands with Evangelist John, nimbed, both with joined hands raised. Figures in landscape, with ladder leaning against cross (?) in background.
Margins with scattered flowers, including rose and strawberry, inhabited by birds and snail.