Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, probably Milan, ca. 1470
MS M.454 fol. 226r

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, nimbed, raising right hand, kneels before Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling at prie-dieu. Rays descend from above.
Scene in initial D decorated with foliate ornament.
Margins decorated rectilinear bar and floreate ornament inhabited by peacock.