Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 25v

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Column miniature:
Christ: crowned with Thorns -- Christ, rays as nimbus, crowned with thorns, sits on bench, flanked by two men, wearing hats, holding sticks with which they press down on the crown of thorns.
Upper vignette:
Antiochus IV: Destruction of Jerusalem -- Two soldiers, wearing armor and helmets, holding spears, stand beside Antiochus IV, wearing crown and ermine collar, on horseback, raising right forefinger. Scene takes place in landscape setting.
Lower vignette:
Antiochus IV: Destruction of Jerusalem -- Man, wearing hat, grasps woman. Behind, another man, wearing hat, holds sword with which he transfixes swaddled infant, bleeding from wound. Scene takes place in front of buildings.
Caption between vignettes reads, ANTHIOC(US) CHARGE BAILLA DE TOUTE LE CITE DESTRUIRE PAR CO(M)MISSAIRS ESTANS LA FE(M)MES FORCER ET GENS OCCIRE.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including roses and strawberries, inhabited by bird and by hybrid man, wearing hood, defecating into bowl.
Inscription on scroll in left margin reads, GRAC[...] (?) MAT[ER] MAR[IA].