Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1430-1435
MS M.359 fol. 21v

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Anna: Annunciation -- Anna, wearing wimpled veil, with open book in her lap, sits before cloth on cushion with joined hands raised to angel, amid rays, appearing in arc of heaven. Building interior and diapered background. Scene in medallion in margin in lower left corner.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux, foliate, and vinescroll ornament.