MS G.7, fol. 152v

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Kálmáncsehi-Liechtenstein codex

Buda, Hungary
1481
250 x 190 mm

Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984

MS G.7
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Virgin Mary: Annunciation -- Archangel Gabriel, holding scroll inscribed AUE GRACIA PLENA DO[MINUS], kneels before Virgin Mary, nimbed, with hands crossed on her breast, kneeling before lectern upon which is book with pseudo (?) inscription (begins ECCE ...). Scene in decorated initial G.
Floreate margins. In medallion in lower margin is hybrid hairy wild man, with pointed ears, playing viol, in lanscape.