Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1495
M.388 fol. 29r

See more information »

Christ: delivering Adulteress -- Woman wearing net cap and fur lined garment, head inclined, hands on abdomen, stands opposite Christ, crossed nimbus, raising left hand. In background stand crowd of men, women (?) and four (?) apostles, nimbed, most only tops of heads visible.