Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, ca. 1500
M.62 fol. 152r

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Mary, nimbed and crowned, sits on ground in front of curtain and holds in her lap Christ Child, nimbed, with right hand raised. At right is woman, wearing headdress, kneeling with joined hands raised. Scene in landscape setting.
Margins are decorated scallop shells, fleur-de-lis, daisies, roses, violas, strawberries, and grapevines.