Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
Austria, St. Pölten, ca. 1410
MS M.884 fol. 2

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Christ: meeting Zaccheus -- Within initial T, two apostles, rays as nimbus, one possibly Peter, stand behind Christ, rays as cross nimbus, raising right hand in blessing, looking toward Zaccheus climbing in tree.
In left margin, amid foliage, half figures of two male musicians, one playing rebec, the other playing lute.
Scene, Liturgical: Procession -- In lower margin, procession of men (?), clergy, tonsured, one carrying cross, three carrying books, the foremost carrying bannered cross-staff, approach church.