In this beautiful page (granted, they are all beautiful) from the Spinola Hours by the Flemish illuminator known as the Master of James IV of Scotland, we see Heaven open in a kind of prequel as God the Father seems to entrust Gabriel (identifiable by the golden mantel with its lining) with the important message in the form of a staff. At the bottom of the page, angels attend a gate that leads to a staircase into Mary's house, where angels crowd around Gabriel, while golden words (they appear to be abbreviated) thread their way from Gabriel to Mary's halo.
This image is from the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and is used under the Museum's Open Content program.
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