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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF - BOOK OF HOURS Lamentation of Christ, from Book of Hours (15 Joys of the Virgin Mary), [Rouen, c.1470-1480] image 1
ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF - BOOK OF HOURS Lamentation of Christ, from Book of Hours (15 Joys of the Virgin Mary), [Rouen, c.1470-1480] image 2
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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF - BOOK OF HOURS
Lamentation of Christ, [Rouen, c.1470-1480]

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF - BOOK OF HOURS

Lamentation of Christ, from Book of Hours (15 Joys of the Virgin Mary), one leaf, on vellum, 4-lines of text in French beneath, illumination of the Lamentation of Christ (92 x 60mm.), inhabited initial and floral border with grotesques and floral motifs on recto, 17 lines of text surrounded by floral motifs on verso, a few abrasions (mostly to margins), window-mounted, framed and glazed, sheet to view, 170 x 110mm., [Rouen, c.1470-1480]

Footnotes

This refined illumination depicts a Lamentation, a subject that became more and more popular in medieval art from the 11th century and which appears north of the Alps from the 14th century. Northern representations of the Lamentation, such as this one, are characterised by the centrality of the figure of Mary, who is often holding Christ across her lap. The other figures depicted here, as is typical, are two female figures (representing two of the Three Marys), St John and Nicodemus, who is holding a container with the embalming spices used to prepare the body of Christ for burial.

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