Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1500
M.62 fol. 145r

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Virgin Mary, nimbed and crowned, holds open cloak, beneath which are five figures, two of which are women, wearing headdresses. Scene in landscape setting.
Margins are decorated with floreate border, including daisies, cornflowers, columbines, and thistles, inhabited by bird.