Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, perhaps Delft, 1415-1420
MS M.866 fol. 68r

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Christ: Flagellation -- Christ, crossed nimbus, wearing short loincloth, bleeding from wounds, stands with back to column around which is rope, His arms behind it. He is flanked by three men, two wearing soft hats, one raising scourge with both hands, another holds end of rope with raised left hand, and the third holds end of rope with left hand and scourge in raised right hand.
Margins decorated with rectilinear bars with vines.