Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Communion, from a Book of Hours

Netherlandish

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The rubric at the top tells us that the prayers that follow are to be said before and after Communion. Therefore, the artist portrayed a priest administering the sacrament to a man in a fur-trimmed cloak, presumably the owner of the manuscript. The man, whose family arms appear on the adjacent leaf, appears again in the margin, following the priest, choir, and acolytes in procession, probably representing the feast of Corpus Christi.

Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Communion, from a Book of Hours, Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, Netherlandish

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Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Communion, from a Book of Hours, Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, Netherlandish
Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Communion, from a Book of Hours, Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, Netherlandish

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