Mont-Saint-Michel sacramentary
ca. 1060
Mont-Saint-Michel, France
286 x 215 mm
MS M.641
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1919
Summary
Virgin Mary: Assumption -- Hand of God in cloud-edged arc of heaven appears above Virgin Mary, nimbed, crowned, with palm branch in right hand, in mandorla upheld by draped hands of two nimbed angels.
Scene within frame decorated with foliate ornament and four ornamental medallions at corners.
Illustration facing Collect for Feast of Assumption of Virgin Mary.
Scene within frame decorated with foliate ornament and four ornamental medallions at corners.
Illustration facing Collect for Feast of Assumption of Virgin Mary.
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