Book of Hours, "Sanctae Annae Domnum" (Saint Anne's house)
 
Date Description Source Reference
First quarter of the 15th century Red bell tent, ball apex, gold decoration on roof, valance and walls, right door flap tied to one side. Book of Hours (use of Rome). Bourges or Loire Valley, first quater of the fifteenth century. Bibliotheca Schoenbergensis (the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg). 

"This miniature of the 
Annunciation precedes Matins, the most elaborate of the Hours. Mary reads from a lectern outside a tent before her mother Anne's house (the inscription at the top of the structure in the background reads "Sanctae Annae Domnum," or Saint Anne's 
house). The Angel Gabriel kneels before her, his words written on the scroll he unfurls, as the Holy Spirit descends in the form of a dove."

 University of Pennsylvania Library - exhibitions. 

Bibliotheca Schoenbergensis: An Exhibition from the Collection of Lawrence 
J. Schoenberg 

http://www.library.upenn.edu/
special/gallery/schoenberg/
boh2_link.html

Link to picture:

http://www.library.upenn.edu/special/gallery/schoenberg/boh2_link.html

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