Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 240r

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, wearing vestments, holds object in left hand and raises right hand toward Virgin Mary, unnimbed, veiled, with right hand raised and book with two straps in draped left hand; both stand.
Scene against gold background within initial A decorated with foliate ornament.
Illustration for the Aves of the Virgin / Psalter of the Virgin.