Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Histoire de la Bible et de l’Assomption de Notre-Dame
France, Paris, between 1390 and 1400
MS M.526. Fol. 025v

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Virgin Mary: Birth -- Anna, nimbed with wimpled veil, head on pillow, reclines in draped bed with canopy. At right, midwife extends both hands to nude infant Virgin Mary, nimbed, standing in tub of water.
Pen-flourished initials.