Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi and other devotional texts
England, ca. 1440
MS M.648 fol. 113r

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Christ: Resurrection -- Christ, crossed decorated nimbus, bleeding from wounds, mantle draping nude body, raising right hand in blessing, left hand grasping cross-staff with cross-inscribed banner, steps with right foot from sarcophagus. Four sleeping soldiers surround the sarcophagus, one wearing hat, three wearing helmets, two holding spears, two holding halberds.
Inscriptions in upper margin, DIE D(OM)IN(IC)A and CAP(ITULUM) L.
Rectilinear frame enclosing text and miniature decorated with foliate, and vining floreate, ornament.