Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
Hungary, Budapest, 1481
MS G.7 fol. 293r

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Virgin Mary: at Prayer -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, kneeling with joined hands raised, is supported by Evangelist John, nimbed, kneeling behind her with his hands on her waist. Other nimbed figures in background. Scene in decorated initial U.
Floreate margins. In medallion in lower margin is escutcheon with arms of Domonkos Kálmáncsehi (or, a lion demi rampant gules, in base azure, a star of six points), surmounted by a miter.