Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi and other devotional texts
England, ca. 1440
MS M.648 fol. 57r

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Christ: Miracle of Loaves -- Several men sit at two tables in background, behind nine baskets. Next to basket, apostle, decorated nimbus, holds two fish with draped right hand and three loaves with draped left hand. He looks up toward Christ, decorated nimbus, raising right hand in blessing over the apostle. Eleven (?) apostles, eight with decorated nimbi, stand behind Christ.
Rectilinear frame enclosing text and miniature decorated with foliate, and vining floreate, ornament.