Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Langres, ca. 1485-1490
MS M.26 fol. 241r

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Mary Magdalen, nimbed and veiled, holding open book with right hand and ointment jar with left hand, stands before rocky outcrop with river and city in background.
Miniature within polylobe arched frame supported by columns and architectural elements.
Margins decorated with floreate and foliate ornament, including large branches, columbine, and rose, and inhabited by birds and snail.