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Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi and other devotional texts
England, ca. 1440
MS M.648 fol. 46r

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Christ: Sermon on Mount -- Christ, crossed nimbus, indicating right and left with both hands, stands on hill flanked by two groups of figures, some nimbed; one, possibly Peter, with crossed nimbus and hands crossed on breast; some with joined hands.
Rectilinear frame enclosing text and miniature decorated with foliate, and vining floreate, ornament.



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