Image: BLW Manuscript Book of Hours, about 1480-90

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Description: Manuscript Book of Hours About 1480-90 Text: Upper Rhine, Germany Illumination: Southern Netherlands Ink on parchment with watercolour and gold The small miniature shows the owner of the manuscript praying before an image of three women in front of an altar. The scene refers to the Jewish custom of giving two doves to the Temple to \\\'buy back\\\' newly born children after they had been offered to God. Presented by Miss B.Twamley
Title: BLW Manuscript Book of Hours, about 1480-90
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