Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Historien Bibel
Germany, between 1375 and 1400
MS M.268 fol. 28r

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Upper half: Christ: Temptation, 1st -- At left, devil with grotesque face, mask issuing from hindquarters and cloven hooves, with left hand raised and with right hand lowered to indicate three round stones on ground before Christ, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised in blessing and with left hand holding book. Christ: Temptation -- In center, Christ, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised in blessing and with left hand holding book, before devil, with grotesque face, mask issuing from groin and hindquarters and cloven hooves, gesturing, both in architectural niche. Christ: Temptation, 2nd -- At right, devil with clooven hooves, with left hand lowered, looks toward Christ. cross-nimbed, as three-quarter figure in raised platform decorated with lattice, His right hand raised in blessing and His left hand holding book. Lower half: Christ: Temptation, 3rd -- At left, on craggy summit, Christ, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised and with left hand holding book, stands beside devil with grotesque face, mask issuing from hindquarters and cloven hooves, with left hand indicating houses and buildings in valley below. At right, Christ, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised to breast and with left hand supporting book on lap, seated on mound flanked by pairs of nimbed angels, kneeling, with arms crossed on breasts.