Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, ca. 1500
MS M.156 fol. 106v

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Christ: bearing Cross -- Within initial D, Christ, rays as nimbus, carries cross on left shoulder. At left, man, wearing hat, holding club with right hand, touches cross arm with left hand. At right, man, wearing hat, holding haldberd, stands with his back to Christ.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament, including, viola, and inhabited by moth.