Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, between 1471 and 1485
MS M.815 fol. 138v

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Resurrection of Dead -- Apostle Paul, nimbed, holding sword, with scroll inscribed SICUT [CHRIST]US SURREXIT ITA NOS RESURGEMUS, stands beside group of young men and woman. In middle ground is cemetery, with two grave markers, and dead rising from graves, including three with scrolls inscribed 1) RURSU[M] CIRCUMDABOR PELLE MEA; 2) SCIO [ENIM QUOD] REDEMPTOR MEUS VIVAT; and 3) IN CARNE MEA VIDEBO DEUM. Beyond wall, amid flames, possibly representing hell or purgatory , are five souls, some with joined hands raised and two with scrolls inscribed 1) MANUS D[OMI]NI TETIGIT ME; and 2) MISEREMI[NI] MEI SALTE[M] VOS AMICI MEI.
Margins with floreate and scroll ornament in diagonal patterns, inhabited by two fantastic animals.