Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours or Paris, between ca. 1490-1510
MS M.291 fol. 47v

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Virgin Mary: Assumption -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, crowned and veiled, with joined hands, stands in mandorla of rays flanked above by two groups of red angels with joined hands, and below by two angels, nimbed, possibly supporting her. Above in arc of Heaven is bust of Christ, nimbed, hands raised.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including daisy, columbine and rose, and inhabited by two birds.