Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1500-1515
M.58 fol. 24r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, extends left hand to right shoulder of Elizabeth, nimbed and veiled, kneeling, extending her left hand to abdomen of Mary.
Scene in landscape with house in background.
Margins decorated with bands of floreate ornament including dianthus and inhabited by bird and hybrid animal.