Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 86v)
- Original object type: Artefact
- Title: Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 86v)
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Description:
The miniature depicts the angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel holds a sceptre and wears a coronet with a cross. Mary kneels by a small altar, under a green canopy. A prayer book with rubrics painted in red lies open on the altar. The Holy Ghost in form of a dove descends upon the Virgin inside a sun-burst halo, and a group of angels gather behind the canopy. The scene is depicted inside a building in the style of late gothic architecture. The full border is decorated with pinks, pea flowers, speedwells, columbines, irises, pimpernel, strawberries, butterflies and a fly.
Context: Hours of the Virgin: Matins
- Date range: [ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
- Date: 1500
- Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
- Physical Identifier: BC MS 7/30
- URI: http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/id/eprint/11209
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