Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1460
MS M.1084 fol. 83r

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Virgin Mary: giving Girdle to Thomas -- Thomas, nimbed, grasping girdle with both hands, kneeling on ground, looks up at Virgin Mary, nimbed, supported by five angels.
Margins decorated with border of foliate ornament and rinceaux, inhabited by bird possibly holding blank scroll in beak.