Accession number
MS M.936
Object title
Crucifixion (MS M.936).
Created
Austria, second quarter of the 15th century.
Credit line
Gift of the Estate of Governor Herbert H. Lehman, 1968.
Description
1 leaf, matted : vellum, ill. ; 310 x 211 mm
Provenance
Herbert H. Lehman; bequest from the estate of Herbert H. Lehman in 1968.
Notes
Ms. single leaf with miniature portraying the Crucifixion; illuminated in Austria, second quarter of the 15th century.
Decoration: 1 miniature representing the Crucifixion flanked by the Virgin and St. John; 1 roundel with the Man of Sorrows at lower center of vinescroll border.
The leaf probably once illustrated the Canon of the Mass in a Missal.
The miniature has been attributed to a Bohemian artist, ca. 1410-1420, by Dr. Torök Gyongyi in 1986.
Decoration: 1 miniature representing the Crucifixion flanked by the Virgin and St. John; 1 roundel with the Man of Sorrows at lower center of vinescroll border.
The leaf probably once illustrated the Canon of the Mass in a Missal.
The miniature has been attributed to a Bohemian artist, ca. 1410-1420, by Dr. Torök Gyongyi in 1986.
Language
Latin
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Display Date
second quarter of the 15th century.