Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Avignon, approximately 1485-1490
MS M.348 fol. 267r

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Woman, nimbed, looking at open book held with right hand, and holding palm with left hand is surrounded by other women, nimbed, several holding palms (eleven thousand virgins).
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament and inhabited by bird and two fantastic animals.