Illuminated Manuscript Leaf: The Coronation of the Virgin
$4,400 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books
Illuminated manuscript leaf c1475 from a French Book of Hours with a colorful, vivid miniature of Mary and God on vellum. The miniature, colored with bright blues, gold, brown, and gray, depicts Mary with crown kneeling before God the Father. God is wearing the characteristic beehive-shaped crown as he holds the sovereign’s orb in his left hand; with his right hand, God is in the act of blessing Mary and anointing her Queen of Heaven.
- Binding: Leather
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