Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Brussels, ca. 1540
MS M.696 fol. 96v

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Judas: receiving Silver -- Judas, standing beside draped table, with right hand pushes coins into money bag held in left hand. Behind the table sit two high priests, wearing pointed hats, flanking, wearing hat, all three gesturing. On the table is another bag, stylus case, pen, and sheet with pseudo inscription. Scene in room with leaded glass windows and landscape visible through arched doorway.
Text and miniature enclosed in classicizing architectural frame.