Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1480
MS M.330 fol. 82r

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Sebastian of Rome: Scene, Torture -- Sebastian, nimbed, wearing loincloth, arms raised, crossed, tied to tree, stands with back to tree, his body pierced by six arrows. Four archers, wearing armor, are at right, one aiming arrow at Sebastian. Scene in landscape with buildings on hill in background. Text at bottom of miniature begins Suffrage to Sebastian of Rome.