Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Northern France or Flanders, ca. 1460
MS M.194 fol. 149r

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Sebastian of Rome: Scene, Torture -- Sebastian of Rome, rays as nimbus, wearing short loincloth, is bound with arms tied around tree. Two archers draw bows, shooting arrows piercing Sebastian's abdomen and breast. Scene with landscape and river.
Margins decorated with border of interlace, and floral and foliate ornament.