Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 86v)
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
Metadata
| Identifier | j2v25btj |
| IRN | 373066 |
| Class Mark | BC MS 7/30 |
| Level | Piece |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/j2v25btj |
| Collection(s) | Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Manuscript |
| Parent Record | [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis] |
| Date | [ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510] |