Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1487-1490
MS M.894 fol. 185v

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Christ: teaching -- Christ, nimbed, standing, gestures toward Pharisee (?), wearing hat, standing, and gesturing. Flanked by nine Apostles, nimbed, one with staff, standing in two groups at right, group of four under porch, and by ten men, wearing hats, gesturing, one holding scroll, standing in three groups, one group emerging from building, on left.
In background, two men, wearing hats, witness scene from behind wall. City beyond wall, with two figures, wearing hats, peering from second-story window at right.
Illustration of Mark 12:30-31.