Salve sancta facies, fol. 194v
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
Christ, with a rayed nimbus, is shown as a half-figure. He is wearing a mantle fastened by a jeweled brooch. He raises His right hand in blessing and holds a globe surmounted by a cross in His left hand.
The miniature is framed by a border of angels amid clouds. They join their hands and turn toward the Christ.
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.
MS M.399, fol. 195r
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
The initial S beginning the prayer Sancte salve facies is decorated with foliate ornament.
The text is framed by a border with a forest scene inhabited by two rabbits beside a pond and a squirrel climbing a tree.
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.
MS M.399, fol. 195v
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.
MS M.399, fol. 196r
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.
MS M.399, fol. 196v
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.
MS M.399, fol. 197r
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
Image courtesy of Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz/Austria.