Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, probably Paris, ca. 1490
MS M.1080 fol. 18v

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Christ: Pietà -- Half-figure of Christ, nimbed, wearing crown of thorns, arms crossed on breast, bleeding from wounds, reclines on lap of Virgin Mary, nimbed and veiled, hands clasped.
Margins decorated with border of foliate and floreate ornament.