Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France or Belgium, 1425-1435
MS M.850 fol. 71r

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Scene, Liturgical: Obsequies -- Two tonsured clerics stand at and look toward lectern behind draped bier. At end of bier are two mourners, hooded and wearing black garment. In foreground are two candlesticks.
Miniature and text framed on three sides by rectilinear bars of gold, red and blue. Margins decorated with a border of vine scroll.