225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station
Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 94v
Psalm 102 (Vulg., 101).
Christ: in Gethsemane -- Five apostles, including Peter, with his tonsured head resting on raised right arm, all sleep, seated on ground beside tree and Christ, cross-nimbed, kneeling with joined hands raised toward hand of God emerging from clouds above.
Scene against gold background within initial D decorated with foliate extension formed by fantastic animal to left of the initial.
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