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| Maker(s): | Unknown | | Culture: | Flemish
| | Title: | Manuscript page from a book of hours with Crucifixion scene
| | Date Made: | ca. 1460
| | Type: | Book/Manuscript/Document; Drawing
| | Materials: | Ink and colors on parchment
| | Place Made: | Europe; Southern Netherlands
| | Measurements: | Overall: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in; 16.5 x 10.8 cm
| | Accession Number: | MH 1989.5.1
| | Credit Line: | Gift of James and Florence Tanis in honor of Marjorie Martha Tanis (Class of 1987)
| | Museum Collection: | Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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Description:
A border with leaves and fruit includes a portrait of a robed kneeling woman at lower left with an inscribed banderole over her head. The central vignette shows the Crucifixion in a landscape with the Virgin Mary on left, St. John at center, and Mary Magdalene kneeling at the foot of the cross. It is blank on the reverse.
Tags:
crucifixions; biblical; Christianity Subjects:
Bible; Christianity Link to share this object record:
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