Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Brittany, ca. 1465
MS M.84 fol. 105v

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Christ: Pietà -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, with head inclined, holds in her lap body of Christ, with crossed nimbus, wearing short loin cloth, bleeding from wounds on body, head, hands, and feet. Scene in landscape.
Margins with ivy-rinceaux ornament.