Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, perhaps Bourges, ca. 1522
MS M.1135. Fol. 040r

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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, holding lily in left hand and raising right hand, descends toward Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, with right hand raised to breast, kneeling at prie-dieu before open book; all before arch with two lilies in vase, and tower and building in background.