Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin and French
Folio Number: 120r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: This image of the Virgin and Child begins a French prayer called the Fifteen Joys of the Virgin. The prayer enumerates, in chronological order, the joys Mary experienced as the mother of Christ, beginning with the Annunciation, when Mary learned that she would bear the Christ Child, and ending with her assumption into heaven. The image of the Virgin and Child was a common scene used to begin this prayer.
Notes: Virgin and Child
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1597386
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 178 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 98