Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Gospel book
Armenia, Van, 1461
MS M.749 fol. 7v

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Christ: Entombment -- Two veiled females attend two men, possibly Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, both nimbed, bearded, bearing shrouded body of Christ, pearled crossed nimbus, eyes closed, on bier or stone slab, all cross of double traverse, decorated with scrollwork, flanked by two burning candles; grave (?) at foot of the cross.
Scene within decorated frame.
Inscription in Armenian, THE BURIAL OF GOD.