Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Pontifical
France, perhaps Burgundy, ca. 1485
MS M.347 fol. 148r

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Scene, Liturgical: Reconciliation of Church -- Bishop, wearing miter, cope, surplice, cassock and gloves, raising right hand in blessing, and holding crozier with left hand, stands before wooden door with strap hinges and latch; the door is flanked by two statues standing on corbels below architectural canopies. At left, behind the bishop, stand six clerics wearing hats, some only partially visible. Of the two foremost clerics, wearing copes, one holds open book facing out with both hands and the other holds book with both hands.
Scene below arch decorated with foliate ornament and tracery.