Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
England, Winchester or Norwich, ca. 1450
MS M.255 fol. 45r

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Christ: Deposition -- Christ, with crossed nimbus, partially draped in shroud, is taken down from tau cross, with titulus with pseudo-inscription, by Joseph of Arimathea, wearing hat. Nicodemus, wearing hat, facing away, stands on ladder leaning against the cross. Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, with joined hands raised, and two other nimbed figures, possibly Holy Women or Apostles, witness scene.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament, inhabited by two winged insects (?) and by man, wearing hat, facing away.