Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS M.219 fol. 55r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, stands beside Elizabeth, nimbed, veiled, extending her right hand to Mary's abdomen. Scene in landscape with distant buildings.
Miniature enclosed in architectural frame with columns.
Upper, left, and lower margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament. Bird in lower margin.