Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Rennes, ca. 1430
MS M.173 fol. 68r

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Virgin Mary: Coronation -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, head inclined, with joined hands, kneels on cushion before Christ, nimbed and crowned, right hand raised in blessing, holding tripartite globe in left hand seated on canopied throne with His feet on cushion. Bust of angel, nimbed, holding crown, hovers above Virgin Mary; another angel, nimbed, stands behind her holding bottom edge of her cloak. Amid rays head of God, crossed nimbus, appears in arc of Heaven.
Scene in room with decorated walls, tile floor, open to sky.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament and rinceaux.