Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Angers or Nantes, ca. 1440
M.63 fol. 72v

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Christ: noli me tangere -- Mary Madgalen, wearing decorated nimbus, kneels with joined hands raised, beside ointment jar. At right is Christ, crossed nimbus, partially draped, bleeding from wounds, holding cross staff in left hand. Scene in landscape setting with tree.
Margins are decorated with floreate border, including thistles, oak branch with acorns, and strawberries, inhabited by cat, snail, and monkey.