Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1470
MS M.93 fol. 25v

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Virgin Mary: Infancy, Instruction -- Anna, nimbed and veiled, sits in chair beneath canopy, with her left hand raised and her right hand extended toward young Virgin Mary, nimbed, holding open book in both hands. Beside them is angel, playing lute. In background, two half-figures of angels hold curtain.
Margins decorated with floreate border.