Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, perhaps Bourges, ca. 1522
MS M.1135. Fol. 059r

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Zacharias and Elizabeth: Parents of John or Virgin Mary: doubted by Joseph or Virgin Mary: pardoning Joseph -- Elizabeth or Virgin Mary, wearing headdress, crosses stream beside plank, with right hand holding up garment and extending left hand toward Zacharias or Joseph the Carpenter, wearing turban-like headgear, raising right hand to breast and holding rod in left hand, attended by two men, wearing headgear. On other side of stream, two women, one wearing headdress, stand before building.
Scene in landscape with trees and city in background.