Burial service (fol. 7v)

Description

Full-page miniature depicting a burial service, defaced in the Reformation period and partially repainted much later. A priest stands at the altar, four clerics stand at the side, and six mourners, clad in black cloaks and holding candles, stand around the coffin. Full bar-frame borders in gold and blue/rose, and a full floral border with large flowers and acanthus leaves in blue, rose and green, and with white shading. Hairline tendrils decorated with small gold balls with coloured lobes. Context: Passion sequence according to St John

Metadata

Identifier lxxv69wd
IRN 373319
Class Mark BC MS 15/1
Level Piece
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/lxxv69wd
Collection(s) Medieval Manuscripts
Category Archive Manuscript
Parent Record [Horae Beatae Mariae Virginis]
Date [ca. 1470-1480]

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