Illumination depicting a sculpture of the Virgin and Child on an altar, from a Pontifical, ca. 1400 (Cambridge: Corpus Christi, MS 079, fol. 216r)
Title
Illumination depicting a sculpture of the Virgin and Child on an altar, from a Pontifical, ca. 1400 (Cambridge: Corpus Christi, MS 079, fol. 216r)
Description
This illumination represents the ways that some Virgin and Child sculptures were used devotionally in the late Middle Ages
Date
ca. 1400
Contributor
Cristina Tagliavia
Original Format
Illuminated Manuscript
Collection
Citation
“Illumination depicting a sculpture of the Virgin and Child on an altar, from a Pontifical, ca. 1400 (Cambridge: Corpus Christi, MS 079, fol. 216r) ,” Medieval Art and the American Public: A Digital Narrative, accessed February 28, 2021, http://medievalartus.ace.fordham.edu/items/show/44.