For this exercise we will only look at a small segment of text, the rubric at the bottom of the page, just to be colourful. The image of Mary referred to in the text is the miniature on the following page. |
Book of Hours (National Library of Australia, MS 1097/9, f.53r). All images by permission of the National Library of Australia. |
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