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The Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 45r)

Archive Piece: BC MS 4/14 Contains digital media

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Type of record: Archive

Title: The Annunciation to the Virgin (fol. 45r)

Other titles: Bastard Secretary

Level: Piece

Classmark: BC MS 4/14

Date(s): [1450-1475]

Language: Latin

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/372970

Collection group(s): Medieval Manuscripts

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The Virgin Mary kneels by a small altar on which a book lies open. The angel Gabriel, depicted with green wings, announces that she will give birth to Christ. The Dove is depicted between them. The full decorated border includes birds, and a grotesque with a dark-skinned female upper body and the lower body of an animal.


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

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