Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, possibly Toulouse, ca. 1490
M.463 fol. 33v

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Innocents: Massacre -- Mother, wearing headdress, seated, with left hand raised toward soldier, wearing helmet, with sword in raised left hand and holding arm of nude infant in left hand. Behind them is second soldier, wearing helmet, with sword in raised right hand.
At right, Herod, wearing crown, sits in throne, with scepter in left hand. Behind him is curtain.
Margin is decorated with foliate border.