Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1460-1470
MS W.28 fol. 132v

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Innocents: Massacre -- Soldier, wearing helmet and armor, raising sword with right hand, with left hand, grasps nimbus (?) of nude bleeding infant held by woman kneeling before Herod, wearing crown on turban, raising both hands, seated on canopied throne.
Scene in room with decorated wall and tile floor.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament.