Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Italy, Padua, 1436
MS M.180 fol. 16v

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Stephen Protomartyr: Stoning -- Stephen, nimbed, bleeding from wounds from stones on head, with joined hands raised, kneels looking up toward hand of God in rayed arc of Heaven. Bloody stones surround Stephen on ground. Of four executioners standing behind him, three raise hands to throw stones; one also holds stone in other hand.
Scene in landscape outside of crenellated city walls; shed and figure in distance.