Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
England, Winchester or Norwich, ca. 1450
MS M.255 fol. 116r

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Christ: Crucifixion -- Christ, with crossed nimbus, wearing short transparent loin cloth, is affixed with three nails to tau cross. He is flanked by Sebastian of Rome, nimbed, wearing short transparent loin cloth, shot with arrows, kneeling with joined hands raised; and by Rochus of Montpellier (?), nimbed, possibly displaying wound on right knee, kneeling on left knee with joined hands raised. In background are trees.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament.