Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1440
MS W.3 fol. 181v

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Sebastian of Rome: Scene, Torture -- Sebastian, nimbed, wearing short braies, standing with back to tree, arms behind him, his body pierced by ten arrows. Two archers stand at left, aiming arrows in bows. Man, possibly Diocletian, wearing hat, raising right hand stands behind them.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.