Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
England, Winchester or Norwich, ca. 1450
MS M.255 fol. 52r

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Christ: Last Judgment -- Christ, partially draped in mantle, emanating rays, with hands raised (orant), sits on arc with feet on globe, flanked by two angels playing horns. Two men, draped in transparent shrouds, rise from graves below Christ.
Margins with floreate and vinescroll ornament. In quatrefoils at four corners of miniature and textblock are angel, dove, and two figures. Angel in left margin.