Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Brussels, ca. 1540
MS M.696 fol. 44r

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Virgin Mary and Christ Child: Type, Apocalyptic Woman -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, crowned, emanating rays, holding scepter in left hand and nude infant Christ Child, nimbed, in right arm, stands on crescent moon in mandorla ringed by clouds.
Text and miniature enclosed in classicizing architectural frame.