On the right margin of this illuminated page, within an elegant circular medallion, two angels are depicted seated on the ground in a moment of musical contemplation; one of them is caught in the act of playing a small portable organ. The entire marginal decoration develops through refined floral motifs and vine-tendril volutes, which harmoniously frame the sacred text. The latter contains the opening verse of Lauds, taken from the Office of the Hours of the Virgin.
Miniature in the Form of a Medallion with Two Musical Angels
Date:
1470
Location:
New York, Morgan Library and Museum, M.285, f. 28r
Author:
Not documented
Technique and materials:
Illuminated manuscript
Dimensions:
Not documented
Provenance:
Bruges, Belgium; Valenciennes, France
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