From Chartres Cathedral, by way of the University of Pittsburg (and Professor Emeritus M. Alison Stones) comes this tiny Annunciation in an initial D from an illuminated manuscript. Most of the manuscript Annunciations we have are from personal prayerbooks (the Book of Hours), but this one is from a Pontifical: basically the service book used by the celebrant for the sacraments and other rites. If I understood the write-up correctly, this image is from the page for the Feast of the Annunciation (March 25).
I'll give you the detail first, and then the whole picture in its context, so you can appreciate just how much artistry is involved.
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| Incipit from Chartres Cathedral Pontifical. Dr M. Alison Stones |
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