Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Italy, Padua, 1436
MS M.180 fol. 56r

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Holy Women: at Sepulcher -- Three Holy Women, nimbed, two holding vessels look toward angel, nimbed, seated on lid of sarcophagus, indicating empty tomb with both hands.
Scene in landscape with flowers and trees, rocky outcrops.
Beginning of Gospel reading for Easter Sunday.