Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Lectionary
Austria, Salzburg, ca. 1050
MS G.44 fol. 100v

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Christ: Ascension -- Christ, cross-projecting nimbus, holds cross-staff in left hand, raises right hand, and stands in three-quarter profile, in mandorla supported by four nimbed angels, wearing fillets.
Scene against gold background, within frame decorated with foliate ornament.
Illustration for Gospel reading on Ascension Thursday.