Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Diurnal of Isabelle de Bourbon
France, Amiens, ca. 1455
MS M.221 fol. 60v

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Christ: Resurrection -- Christ, cross-nimbed, partly draped with shroud, bleeds from wounds in hands, side, and feet, raising right hand in blessing and with left hand holding cross-inscribed, bannered cross-staff, steps from sarcophagus, surrounded by three soldiers, two are seated wearing helmets and armor, looking away, and one is sleeping on shield in foreground. Scene in landscape with city and trees in background. Margin, right: Mask issuing from foliate ornament. Margin, lower: Half-figure of angel, hovering amid foliate ornament with both hands extended to stems. Margins decorated with foliate and floreate ornament. Text is from Antiphon for Lauds at beginning of Easter Sunday.