Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1460
MS M.972 fol. 2v

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Sebastian of Rome: Scene, Torture -- Archer wearing hat and armor aims bow with arrow at head of Sebastian, nimbed, wearing short loincloth, hands bound behind him around column, his head and body pierced with arrows.
Scene before red wall painted with gold ornament; trees behind the wall.
Margins decorated with boder of floreate ornament including strawberries.