Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Paris, ca. 1500-1510
MS W.30 fol. 47r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Half figures of Virgin Mary, nimbed, right arm extended, her left arm on right arm of Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing headdress and wimple. Buildings in background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament, including viola and rose, in zigzag pattern, inhabited by bird and snail.