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Royal 2 B VII f. 297v Mary and Thomas Becket
Mary and Thomas Becket
Description: Three-part miniature of scenes from the life of the Virgin, including the Assumption of Christ, the Pentecost, and the death of Mary, with an historiated initial 'N'(unc) of the Presentation in the Temple, and a bas-de-page scene of a messenger announcing the arrival of four knights to Thomas Becket. 
Origin: England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?) 
Attribution: Queen Mary Master 


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