Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Mirrour of the blessed lyf of Jesu Christi and other devotional texts
England, ca. 1440
MS M.648 fol. 54v

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Christ: Apostles plucking Corn -- Two of twelve Apostles, eight nimbed, stand next to grain at left. Of other apostles, six look toward grain, four look toward Christ, crossed nimbus. He looks, and gestures, toward five men, three wearing tall pointed hats, two gesturing.
Rectilinear frame enclosing text and miniature decorated with foliate, and vining floreate, ornament.