Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, perhaps London, ca. 1225
MS G.25 fol. 2v

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Christ: Crucifixion -- Christ, cross-nimbed, head inclined, in long loin cloth, is affixed with three nails to decorated cross with titulus inscribed IHC NAZAREN(VS) REX IVDEORV(M), and suppedaneum, on mound.
He is flanked above by heads of Personifications of Sun and Moon, and below by Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, with her left hand to face, and Evangelist John, nimbed, with his right hand to face.
Scene within decorated frame.