First page of the primary text in all books of hours, the cycle of prayers known as the Hours of the Virgin. Here, the initial "D" that begins the text encloses a depiction of the Annunciation, an episode in the life of the Viring Mary, in which the Archangel Gabriel announces the incarnation of Christ. The figure at the bottom of the page is a portrait of the book's first owner, Lady Eleanor of Mohun, holding up the coats of arms of her family.