Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, 1500-1510
MS M.160 fol. 22r

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Shepherds: Annunciation -- Five shepherds, including three wearing hats and one seated beside bagpipe, sit or kneel around flock of sheep and gesture toward angel, nimbed, as half-figure in arc of heaven, emanating rays.
Margins with geometric patterns of foliate and vinescroll ornament, inhabited by two fantastic animals, including one with two heads.