Accession number
MS M.936
Object title
Crucifixion (MS M.936).
Display Date
second quarter of the 15th century.
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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