Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vita Christi (Life of Christ)
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1487-1490
MS M.894 fol. 189v

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Christ: teaching, Warning against Scribes -- two scenes in single room, divided by column:
1) Nineteen men, nimbed, many of them kneeling with joined hands raised, surround Christ, nimbed, gesturing. Man, wearing hat, enters room from door at rear.
2) Pharisee, wearing pointed hat, gesturing, sits on throne beneath canopy, flanked by men, most wearing hats, all standing, one wearing pouch at waist, holding folio with pseudo-inscription in left hand, and gesturing to Pharisee with right hand.
Illustration of Matthew 23:05-12