Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1500
MS M.156 fol. 21v

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Miniature:
Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, and Elizabeth, nimbed with veil and wimple, hold hands.
Scene in landscape with buildings and tree in background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate decoration, including thistle, daisy, and dianthus, and inhabited by birds and butterfly.