The Assumption of the Virgin

Title: The Assumption of the Virgin; Link to the Getty resource.
Alternative Title: The Assumption of the Virgin
from the Stammheim Missal
Creator: Unknown, Hildesheim, Germany
Subject: Virgin Mary, Assumption of the Virgin, Christ, Romanesque style, German manuscripts
Language: Latin
Date: c. 1170
Description: In an oval mandorla, Jesus gently leads his mother the Virgin Mary to heaven, where she will be crowned. Above them, the Lord holds her crown. Angels and Old Testament figures at the sides carry scrolls with passages that Christian commentators have interpreted in relationship to the Virgin Mary. They refer to the Virgin as a beautiful queen and the fulfillment of prophecy. The full-page miniature prefaces the prayers recited by the priest at Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin.
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, silver leaf, and ink on parchment
Extent: Leaf: 28.2 × 18.9 cm (11 1/8 × 7 7/16 in.)
Rights Holder: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Provenance: Not available.