Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Poitiers, ca. 1415
MS M.743 fol. 17v

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Christ: of Sorrows -- Angel, nimbed, supports in draped arms body of Christ, nimbed, wearing short loin cloth and crown of thorns, bleeding from wounds, with feet in carved sarcophagus. Diaper background. (Imago Pietatis)
Margins with ivy decoration.