ca. 1515
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 194v
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
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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.