Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

New Testament illustrations
Germany, probably in or around Strasbourg, ca. 1430
MS M.720 fol. 1v

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Upper half:
Christ: Temptation, 1st -- Devil, horned, indicates with right hand pile of six stones, and with left hand indicates Christ, crossed nimbus, raising right hand.
Lower half:
Christ: Temptation, 2nd -- Christ, crossed nimbus, hands extended, stands on stones next to devil, horned, looking back at Christ, indicating down with right hand and to right with left hand.
Exterior settings with grass.