Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Paris, Rouen, or Tours, ca. 1520
MS M.290 fol. 26v

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Pentecost -- Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled with wimple, with joined hands, stands amid group of Apostles, some only tops of heads visible, many nimbed, two with joined hands, Evangelist John with arms crossed on breast. Several look up toward Dove of Holy Ghost, nimbed hovering above Virgin Mary in mandorla, from which descend rays and tongues of flame.
Scene in room with architectural ornament.
Miniature enclosed in architectural frame decorated with sculptural ornament in cama³aeu including putto amid foliage, each arm around neck of fantastic animal; putto amid foliage; two winged heads or masks, and three putti holding or carrying garland of foliage.