Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1520
MS M.74 fol. 115r

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Christ: Transfiguration -- Christ, nimbed, within rayed mandorla and with right hand raised in blessing, standing on mount flanked above by busts of nimbed Elijah and horned Moses and below surrounded by half-figures of nimbed apostles Peter, James, and Evangelist John, possibly kneeling and with joined hands raised. Margins decorated with scrolling border of flowers including rose and daisy. Miniature at beginning of Terce in Short Hours of the Holy Spirit.