Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500-1515
M.58 fol. 9v

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Christ: Pietà -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled with wimple, holds with both hands on her lap, body of Christ, nimbed, bleeding from wounds, wearing short loincloth.
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament including columbine, and inhabited by moth and bird.