Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 49v

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Upper vignette:
Judas: receiving Silver -- Priest, wearing hood and hat, extends hands toward coins on table. At right, Judas holds sack in left hand and extends right hand. Behind are group of men, wearing hats (only tops of heads of most visible). Scene in room, within architectural frame.
Lower vignette:
Joseph: sold to Potiphar -- Potiphar, wearing crown and holding scepter in right hand, stands facing Jopseph, holding hat in left hand. Behind him are three men, two wearing hats and one raising right forefinger. Scene in landscape setting, within architectural frame.
Caption between vignettes reads, A PUTIFAR FUT DE RECHIEF VENDU JOSEPH ARGENT EOTANT (?) SIGNIFIANT LE GRA(N)T MESCHIEF DE JUDAS SON MAISTRE RE(N)DANT.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including thistles and strawberries, inhabited by bird.