Leaf from a Psalter(?): Annunciation (recto); Nativity (verso)

Leaf from a Psalter(?): Annunciation (recto); Nativity (verso)

early 1200s · Germany, Bavaria, possibly Prufening or Augsburg

ink and tempera on parchment

And the Angel came in vnto her, and said, Haile thou that art highly fauoured, the Lord is with thee: Blessed art thou among women.
LUKE 1:28 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

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