Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 39r)
Description
The miniature depicts Angel Gabriel announcing the birth of Christ to the Virgin Mary. Gabriel, with green and orange wings, holds a scroll that reads "Aue gracia plena dominus tecum" (abbreviated and only partly in view). God, wearing a triple tiara, blesses the scene from the window. The Holy Ghost, in the form of a dove, descends from God. Mary kneels under a pink canopy, by a small table on which a book lies open. There is a pot of lilies between the two figures. The border is decorated with a grotesque, small animals, strawberries and flowers. Context: Hours of the Virgin: Matins: Domine labia mea aperies
Metadata
| Identifier | pft1lqcn |
| IRN | 373003 |
| Class Mark | BC MS 5/6 |
| Level | Piece |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/pft1lqcn |
| Collection(s) | Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Manuscript |
| Parent Record | [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis] |
| Date | [ca. 1440-1460] |