Manuscript Leaf with the Crucifixion, from a Missal, ca. 1270–80
Manuscript Leaf with the Crucifixion, from a Missal, ca. 1270–80, Made in Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, Overall (folio): 8 3/4 x 5 7/8in. ( x ), Manuscripts and Illuminations, An exquisite example 'of that art which, at Paris, they call illumination,' this painting on parchment was once set into a missal, containing the liturgical texts for the celebration of the Mass. Here, as Jesus hangs on the cross, flanked by the Virgin Mary and Saint John, the diminutive figure of Adam rises from a sarcophagus at the foot of the cross and collects the sacrificial blood that spills from the wound in Christ's foot in a chalice of the type used in contemporary services
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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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