Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1440
M.303 fol. 130r

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Christ: Crucifixion, nailed to Cross -- Christ, crossed nimbus, wearing diaphanous loincloth reclines, arms outstretched on cross. One of three men, wearing knotted band around his head raising hammer with left hand, grasps with his right hand, right wrist of Christ. The second man raises hammer (?) with right hand and holds ankles of Christ with left hand. The third man, wearing headgear, sitting on ground with feet braced against the cross, holds with both hands rope around legs of Christ.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.