Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Antiphonary
France or Germany, ca. 1200
MS M.966 fol. 105r

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Holy Women: at Sepulcher -- Of three Holy Women, veiled, two hold jars, two look at each other, and the third looks toward angel, nimbed, seated on and indicating with right hand, empty sarcophagus. Cloth is draped on end of sarcophagus; lid is in background.
Scene is in initial A, terminating in two winged fantastic animals.