Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Missal
France, Tours, ca. 1500
M.495 fol. 50v

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Christ: Resurrection -- Christ, wearing short loincloth, body partially draped, holding bannered cross-staff stands, wounds visible, in rayed mandorla beyond low fence in walled garden or cemetary. Three soldiers, two holding halberds, one with hand on hilt of sword, sit before sealed door of tomb.
Below miniature, border of vine scroll and urns decorated with snakes and winged heads or masks, two putti playing lutes and escutcheon with heraldry of Guillaume Lallemont (gules a chevron or between three roses argent centered or). All enclosed in gold frame on black ground.