Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1525-1530
MS M.1175. Fol. 194r

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Miniature, column:
1) Mary Magdalen: Scene, at Sainte-Baume -- Mary Magdalen, nimbed, wearing possibly garment of skins, kneeling in entrance of cave (Saint-Baume), with joined hands raised, looking toward crucifix (tau-cross), ointment jar in foreground.
Scene in landscape with trees and mountains in distance.
Miniature, vignette, margins: