Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, probably Brussels, 1533
MS M.491 fol. 263v

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Anna, nimbed, veiled, is seated on chair beside Virgin Mary, nimbed, seated on bench, supporting Christ Child, nimbed, nude, seated in her lap.
Figures within room adjoining bedroom with canopied bed.
Miniature and text framed by architectural border.
Initial A decorated with foliate ornament begins Suffrage to Anna.