Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours or Paris, between ca. 1490-1510
MS M.291 fol. 35r

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Shepherds: Annunciation -- Of two shepherds, one holds staff or pedum with right hand and shields eyes with left hand, and the other shepherd is orant. They stand looking up toward angel in arc of Heaven emitting rays.
Scene in landscape with sheep.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy, and inhabited by bird and butterfly.