Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, perhaps Bruges or Valenciennes, ca. 1470
MS M.285 fol. 154v

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Christ: Pieta -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, veiled, sits on ground and holds in her lap body of Christ, with crossed rays as nimbus, wearing short loin cloth, laying on shroud. Behind the Virgin Mary stands nimbed figure, possibly Evangelist John or Mary Magdalen. To right is tau cross, with ladder leaning against it, and man, wearing hat, nimbed, possibly Joseph of Arimathea.