Mont-Saint-Michel sacramentary
ca. 1060
Mont-Saint-Michel, France
286 x 215 mm
MS M.641
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1919
Summary
Stephen Protomartyr: Stoning -- Four Jews stone Stephen, nimbed, tonsured, kneeling, gazing upward and raising hands toward bust of Christ, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised in blessing, within cloud-edged arc of heaven.
Scene within initial D decorated with foliate ornament, interlace, and animal heads, at beginning of Collect for Feast of Stoning of Stephen Protomartyr.
Scene within initial D decorated with foliate ornament, interlace, and animal heads, at beginning of Collect for Feast of Stoning of Stephen Protomartyr.
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