Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, possibly Zwolle, ca. 1470-1480
MS W.2 fol. 120v

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Christ: Last Judgment -- Christ, crossed nimbus, showing wounds, His body partially draped, is seated on rainbow, his feet resting on tripartite globe. He is flanked by Virgin Mary, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling and by Evangelist John, nimbed, with joined hands, kneeling. Between them, faces of souls peer out from holes in the ground.
Green (grassy) foreground and gold background.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament and gold balls.