Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1440
M.303 fol. 140v

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Christ: of Sorrows -- Christ, crossed nimbus, wearing diaphanous loincloth, supported by angel, nimbed, with arms around His chest, is upright in sarcophagus. They are amid Instruments of Passion including: scourges; spear; sponge on reed; cross with titulus INRI; crown of thorns hanging on the cross; three nails; pincers; hammer; pair of dice; purple robe and column.
Margins decorated with border of foliate rinceaux.