Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Tongerloo missal
Belgium, 1552
MS M.983. Fol. 116r

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Abraham: sacrificing Isaac -- Isaac reclining on sticks, head held by right hand of Abraham, name inscribed ABRAH(AM), holding sword (?) with left hand, looking up over right shoulder toward angel, left hand extended. Smoke (?) rising from pot in lower left corner.
Initial B superimposed over scene. All enclosed in frame.