Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Delft, 1460-1520
MS M.71 fol. 44v

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Christ: Deposition -- Nicodemus (?), wearing hat, standing on ladder, supports body of Christ, nimbed, lowered from cross with cloth held by Joseph of Arimathea (?), standing on ground. To right is Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled.
Margins with scattered flowers, including roses, daisies, and violas, inhabited by flies and butterfly.