ca. 1515
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 380r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
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Christ: Bewailing―A nimbed Evangelist John and a nimbed and veiled Virgin Mary support the body of Christ. He has a rayed nimbus and is wearing a short loincloth. Blood issues from the wound in His side. The miniature is at the beginning of the O intemerata. The miniature and text are framed by a border decorated with grapevine.