Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1480
MS M.253 fol. 111v

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Joachim and Anna: at Golden Gate -- Anna, nimbed, wearing wimpled veil, is embraced by Joachim, wearing ermine-trimmed hat and mantle, before Golden Gate. Angel, hovering in air, holds scroll with pseudo-inscription in both hands.
Margins with floreate ornament. In lower margin is escutcheon with arms of Harcourt (gules two bars or), surmounted by a crown.