Description: The Virgin and Child are shown enthroned with the Christ Child standing on the Virgin's lap and grasping her shawl in his left hand. The Virgin holds a flower with three blossoms.
Interpretation: Mary is shown as the sedes sapientiae, the seat of wisdom and knowledge. The image emphasizes Mary's role as intercessor and a rose without thorns.
miniature
Flanders or Upper Rhineland
This image belongs to a set of Marian miniatures.
Rothschild Canticles (f. 48r): Presentation of the Virgin in the TempleRothschild Canticles (f. 50r): Mary on Mount SionRothschild Canticles (f. 51r): Capture of the unicorn; the killing of the unicornRothschild Canticles (f. 55r): Little foxes in the garden; driving away the little foxesRothschild Canticles (f. 57r): Mary as a palm treeRothschild Canticles (f. 59r): Fortress of the SponsaRothschild Canticles (f. 64r): Mary as the Mulier amicta sole
Collection of William Alexander Douglas, Duke of Hamilton and Brandon.
Reverend Walter Sneyd, gift from Douglas in 1856.
Sotheby, sold 16 December 1903, no.513 Bernard Quaritch, London.
Collection of Edmond de Rothschild, MS 98, sold 24 June 1968 no.1 in Paris, Palais Galliéra.
Acquired from H.P. Kraus in 1968 as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke.
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
