Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, possibly Haarlem, 1496
MS S.2 fol. 56v

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Christ: Baptism -- Christ, nude, with arms crossed on his breast, kneels in Jordan River. John Baptist, standing on bank, pours water over head of Christ. Scene in initial G.
Margin with floreate ornament, inhabited by snail and butterfly.