Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Brittany, ca. 1465
MS M.84 fol. 86r

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Christ: Last Judgment -- Christ, with crossed nimbus, partially draped in mantle, bleeding from wounds, sits with hands raised on arc. Flanking him are Virgin Mary, showing her breast, and Evangelist John, both nimbed and kneeling. Below are three nude souls emerging from ground.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux and floreate ornament, inhabited by bird and rabbit.