Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, perhaps Provence, ca. 1470-1480
MS M.1107 fol. 79r

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Christ: Crucifixion -- Christ, nimbed, wearing short loin cloth, bleeding from wounds, is affixed with three nails to cross with titulus. Flanking the cross are Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, standing with joined hands raised; and Evangelist John, nimbed, holding book and gesturing. Distant landscape in background.
Margins with floreate ornament, inhabited by birds.