Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1473
MS M.677 fol. 15v

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Christ: crowned with Thorns -- Amid crowd of mockers, including one male figure kneeling on one knee in foreground, Christ, rayed cross as nimbus, is seated on faldstool, hands folded in lap. Two men, flanking Him, hold ends of stick and press down on crown of thorns. Blood issues from wounds.