Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, probably Brussels, 1533
MS M.491 fol. 230v

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Virgin Mary, nimbed, standing within room, in front of patterned hanging, holds Christ Child, nimbed, nude, holding bird in raised left hand.
Miniature and text framed by architectural border decorated with bust of angel in lower border.
Initial O decorated with foliate ornament begins prayer O intemerata.