Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Gradual
France, Dijon, 1470
MS M.115 fol. 188v

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child -- Mary, nimbed, sits holding Christ-Child, cross nimbed, wearing translucent garment hand extended toward lilies, held in right hand of angel, possibly Gabriel, kneeling on one knee and extending left forefinger.
Scene in room with five windows, within decorated initial G.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including daisies and strawberries, inhabited by lion flanking escutcheon with arms of Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (quarterly burgundy modern and ancient).
Profile face of bishop, wearing miter and eyeglasses, in decorated intitial B.