Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 257v

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Elizabeth of Hungary, nimbed, crowned, veiled, holding crown on open book in her right hand and gathered skirts in her left hand, stands before cloth wall hanging and arcade, through which landscape is visible.
Margins with foliate and vinescroll ornament. In lower margin is escutcheon with arms of Sivry (barry of twelve argent and azure an estoile or).