Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Belgium, 1500-1550
MS M.5 fol. 5r

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, wingless, wearing crown, holding scepter in right hand, extends left hand toward Virgin Mary, nimbed, with right hand on breast, kneeling at prie-dieu with open book with pseudo inscription. Above her descends dove of Holy Ghost, emanating rays. Scene in bedroom with canopy bed, paneling, leaded-glass window, and tiled floor.
In margins at upper left is foliate ornament.