Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
England, perhaps Cambridge, ca. 1320
MS M.107 fol. 258r

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Virgin Mary: Bathing -- Midwife, wearing snood, holds nude infant Mary in right arm and puts left hand into jug beside basin. In foreground is Anna, veiled, reclining with head on pillow beneath curtain, pulled aside, and cradle (crib). Scene in decorated initial S.
Border composed of bands enclosing trees and animals, including dogs pursuing stags.
Bands interrupted by medallions enclosing hunters, including one aiming bow and arrow and the other with spear, and animals, including lion, monkey, bear, elephant, and boar.