Leaf from a Book of Hours: Annunciation, Nativity and Two Prophets
The original, as its museum records it
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A book of hours held the prayers said through the day, the Cleveland Museum of Art explains, and this luxurious leaf could only have belonged to an aristocratic household.
In the arched frame Gabriel kneels before Mary, a flowering branch in his hand. Below, in a gold-edged medallion, the newborn Child lies before his mother, and two prophets look on from roundels at either side.
Atop the border, directly above the Annunciation, a peacock spreads its tail. Cleveland notes that medieval Christian art often used the peacock as a symbol of resurrection and eternal life.
And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women.
Luke 1:28 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 5,597 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.