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Book of Hours
France, Langres, ca. 1465
MS G.55 fol. 52v

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Christ: Crucifixion -- Christ, cross-nimbed, with crown of thorns and wearing short loincloth, bleeding from wounds, is affixed to tau cross with three nails. He is flanked by Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, with joined hands, kneeling and by Evangelist John, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling. Scene beneath starry sky.
Margins decorated with floreate ornament. In lower margin, heraldic shield of Hospitallers (gules, a cross argent). Text, Hours of the Virgin.



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