Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1470
MS M.93 fol. 136v

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Christ: of Sorrows -- Christ, cross-nimbed, wearing crown of thorns, as Man of Sorrows, blood issuing from wounds, standing in sarcophagus, is flanked by two angels with draped hands, and surrounded by instruments of passion, including column surmounted by cock; lance and sponge; tau-cross surmounted by titulus INRI; ladder; pincers; three nails; drill; two scourges; bucket; dice; and garment.
Margins decorated with floreate border.