Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus – Renaissance Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Brown Desk Frame and on the other side

Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus – Renaissance Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Brown Desk Frame and on the other sideThis exquisite painting was done by an unknown master in Cologne, Germany, sometime around 1450. The phrase Hortus Conclusus is Latin, meaning literally "enclosed garden." At their root, both words in hortus conclusus signify linguistically to enclosure. The term was used to refer to the Virgin Mary in Medieval and Renaissance poetry and art, both as a title and a description of her. It was used widely in paintings and illuminated manuscripts starting

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