Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi
Italy, Lombardy, between 1500 and 1550
MS M.508 fol. 7v

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Christ: Miracle of Loaves -- Christ, crossed nimbus, raising right hand, seated on bench in foreground, extends left hand toward Peter (?), holding six loaves with both hands. He stands at head of group of twelve (?) apostles, most only part of nimbus visible. In background, long procession of figures snakes through landscape, around hills. City is in distance. No text associated with this miniature.