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Printed Book of Hours (Use of Rome): fol. 60v, The Annunciation

Guillaume Le Rouge

Cleveland Museum of Art

An illuminated manuscript page depicting The Annunciation. The scene shows an angel on the right and a woman on the left, in an interior space. The woman sits at a desk with an open book; she wears a blue cloak over a yellow dress. The angel has wings colored green, blue, and gold; the angel wears a white dress and a gold cloak. The angel holds a green stem with three flowers. A white dove flies above the angel, surrounded by beams of gold light. The background includes stone walls with three openings showing sky and distant mountains. The image has a decorative border with an arch at the top; the arch contains the text "Oratio". The page contains a circle with a fruit and leaf design below the main image. The page also contains several lines of black text in a foreign language.

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