Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Tournai, ca. 1470
MS M.316 fol. 112v

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Christ: Miracle of raising Lazarus -- Two men and veiled woman, all nimbed, stand behind Christ, cross-nimbed, with left arm extended, and right hand raised in blessing toward Lazarus, partially draped in shroud, in open grave. Mary or Martha of Bethany, kneels with joined hands, beside two men, both wearing hats, arms extended, in front of man, wearing hat. In backround, two men, wearing hats, stand behind wall. Bones of skeleton scattered on ground.
Landscape in backround. Scene within decorated frame.