Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1230 and 1239
MS M.92 fol. 104v

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Christ: Ascension -- Only feet of Christ is visible, disappearing into clouds above veiled Virgin Mary, raising her joined hands in three-quarter pose. She is flanked by nine apostles. Scene within decorated initial C.
Line endings of fish and abstract penwork.