Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
M.59 fol. 84v

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Innocents: Massacre -- Soldier, wearing armor, holds arm of nude infant with left hand and with right hand holds knife with which he transfixes the infant, bleeding from wound. He stands behind woman, wearing headdress, kneeling on ground, holding arms of nude infant, bleeding from wound in side.
At right is soldier, wearing armor, with left hand extended and holding sword in right hand. Behind him is Herod, wearing crown, seated on throne beneath canopy, holding scepter in left hand. Behind throne stands man, wearing priest's robes and headgear.
Scene in vaulted room with open window.
Margin decorated with floreate border.