The Hours of Isabella Stuart

Five Joys of the Virgin and scenes from the life of the Virgin

Texts and Images

This text, a popular devotion focusing on major events in Mary’s life, opens with a full-page miniature of the Virgin and Child, accompanied by images of her Presentation in the Temple and Marriage to Joseph.

The marginal image of the Annunciation is the first in a cycle of miniatures illustrating events in Mary’s life.