Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, 1488
MS H.2 fol. 47r

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Christ: of Sorrows -- Within initial H, half-figure of Christ, decorated nimbus, bleeding from wounds in hands and side, right hand on breast, right arm supporting withes, holding nails (?) with left hand, in sarcophagus possibly inscribed IHESUM CRISTIE.
Bands of red, gold and blue in margins are decorated with flowers including rose and columbine, and inhabited by birds, including cock and owl painted in gold.