Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, Veneto, early 16th century
M.288 fol. 71r

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Virgin Mary: Visitation -- Within initial S, Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, extends right hand to left shoulder of Elizabeth, nimbed, wearing knotted headdress.
Margins decorated with floreate ornament, some emerging from vases, and inhabited by two dolphins in lower margin.