225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Book of Hours
France, Rouen, ca. 1490
MS M.144 fol. 48r
Virgin Mary: Coronation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, crowned, kneels with joined hands raised before God, nimbed, wearing papal tiara, with right hand raised in blessing and holding cross-surmounted globe in left hand, seated beneath canopy, flanked by two angels, one with joined hands raised and the other playing horn. At left three other angels witness scene.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament, inhabited by bird and fantastic animal.
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