Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
England, Winchester or Norwich, ca. 1450
MS M.255 fol. 19v

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Christ: in Gethsemane -- Apostles Peter, tonsured, James, and John, all nimbed, sit together with joined hands raised. Beside them kneels Christ, with crossed nimbus, kneeling with joined hands raised before rock on top of which is chalice. Scene in landscape with distant hills, castle, and trees.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament.