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Virgin and Child (fol. 13r)

Archive Piece: BC MS 10/1 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Virgin and Child (fol. 13r)

Other titles: Rotunda Italiana

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 10/1

Date(s): [ca. 1480-1500]

Language: Latin

Manifest: https://iiif.library.leeds.ac.uk/presentation/cc/ts91q43m

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/373196

Collection group(s): Medieval Manuscripts

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This full page miniature shows the Virgin Mary holding the Christ-Child between pillars within a classical arch. Above them God the Father is blessing and holding the orb. On either side of him is a red seraph, and there is a cherub with red wings in each of the four corners of the design, holding flowers and fruits. The golden tablet in the middle has a foliate initial infilled with flowers and the first words of the Hour.


Context: Hours of the Virgin: Matins: Domine labia mea aperies

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