Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Italy, Padua, 1436
MS M.180 fol. 87r

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Christ: Discourse to Apostles, True Vine -- Christ, rays as cross nimbus, right hand on breast, extends left hand to apostle, arms crossed on breast, standing with ten other apostles, all nimbed, one one kneeling, looking upward, raising both hands.
Scene in landscape with city in background.
Beginning of Gospel reading for the Common of a Martyr.