Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1487-1490
MS M.894 fol. 69v

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Christ: sought by Rich Young Man -- Seven Apostles, nimbed, stand behind Christ, nimbed, gesturing, and young man, wearing hat, fur-trimmed coat, and purse at waist, gesturing toward man, wearing cap and ragged clothes, walking with staff and dog on leash toward woman, wearing hat and ragged apron, holding basket and infant in right arm, and holding child by the arm with left hand.
In background, across bridge, house, with man, wearing cap, selling goods from basket to man, wearing hat and with pouch at waist, standing in doorway; five people peering from windows. Beyond the house, two men, wearing hats, join hands before three witnesses. On hill behind second house, man, wearing hat, stands, all within landscape with rocks and trees.
Illustration of Matthew 19:18