Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1475
MS M.254 fol. 36v

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Beneath suspended canopy, Anna, nimbed, wearing wimple and cap, seated on throne with right hand raised and with open book on lap, at her feet, youthful Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated, cradling swaddled and nimbed Christ Child, in room before partition and with tile floor. Decorated border of scrolling foliate and floreate ornament. Miniature in Memorial to Saint Anna.