Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 152v

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Christ: Flagellation -- Christ, with crossed rays as nimbus, wearing short loin cloth, with hands bound behind pillar, is flanked by two tormenters holding scourges. Pilate (?), wearing pointed hat and holding rod in right hand, witnesses scene at left.