Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1487-1490
MS M.894 fol. 59r

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Christ: Parable, Unmerciful Servant -- Three scenes in narrative sequence from right to left:
1) Unmerciful Servant, with hat slung on back and pouch at waist, kneels with joined hands raised before king, crowned, holding scepter in left hand and gesturing with right hand, seated beneath canopy. Two men, wearing hats, one with plumes, behind low wall behind king. Scene in room of stone building with two arched windows, one large and one small, with glass.
2) To left, visible through large window, Unmerciful Servant, wearing hat, grasps other servant by chin and belt.
3) In background, crowned king watches as Unmerciful Servant, wearing hat, is pushed into prison by two men. Scene with city in background.
Illustration of Matthew 18:23-35.