Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, ca. 1480
MS M.6 fol. 51v

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Innocents: Massacre -- Standing in doorway of half-timbered, thatch-roofed house is woman, wearing kerchief, with hands raised, witnessing armored soldier raising sword in right hand and with left hand grasping swaddled infant held in right arm of woman, wearing kerchief, laying on ground and pushing away soldier with her left hand held to his face. In background, in landscape with houses, trees, fence, and hills, three other armored soldiers confront mothers with infants.
Lower margin decorated with scattered flowers, including roses and strawberries.