Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1500
MS M.1170. Fol. 048r

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Innocents: Massacre -- Three-quarter figure of soldier, wearing helmet, with sword raised in right hand and with left hand stayed by hand of woman, wearing turban-like headdress, with left hand supporting nude infant.
Scene in courtyard with fence and house building in background; landscape beyond.
Miniature for beginning of Vespers of Hours of the Virgin.
Margins inhabited by two moths and scattered with naturalistic flowers including forget-me-not, rose, viola and zinnia; against gold background.