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Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
MS M.30 fol. 104v

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Innocents: Massacre -- Soldier, holding dagger or sword in left hand, extends right arm toward woman, wearing headgear, holding swaddled infant, nimbed, bleeding (?) from wound in head. The woman kneels before Herod, wearing hat with crown, right hand raised, holding scepter with left hand, seated on throne with canopy.
Scene in room with wood ceiling and window. Miniature in grisaille with gold and color detail.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament, in grisaille with color detail, inhabited by bird.



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