Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Tours, ca. 1500
MS M.12 fol. 29r

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Virgin Mary: Assumption -- Christ, holding cross-surmounted globe on left knee, seated on throne, with right hand indicates cushion being placed to his right on the throne by angel; choir of angels behind throne, all within arc of heaven. Below, Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, wearing jeweled crown, with joined hands raised, is carried toward heaven by six angels.
Margins with foliate ornament.