Northern gothica textualis formata

Gilded parts are worn. Parts of the heads and inscriptions above the kneeling figures are partially scraped off.

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Originally probably a full-page miniature, now the page has been trimmed. The miniature depicts a Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John on a gold-leaf ground, each with lowered head and holding a golden book. Christ is depicted with a cross nimbus, four nails and five wounds. The horizontal bar of the green cross bears a faded inscription, where the underlying membrane is thin and transparent. The outlines of the cross and of the body of Christ are set against a gold-leaf background. Above the cross, on both sides, are the moon and sun represented as schematic semi-circles. Between Christ, the Virgin Mary and St John, there are two figures in black habits, kneeling and hands folded in prayer. Their heads and the inscriptions above them are blurred due to scraping. The inscription of the figure on the right side of Christ begins with a capital letter V or W and ends with the letters BAS.

The green bar of the cross is extended in the upper margin, and a golden chalice is depicted in extension of the cross in the lower margin. Miniature and initials are enclosed by the same golden frame, with an intermediate bar between both. At the four corners of the miniature are foliate square medaillons.

Below the miniature the "Te igitur" of the Holy Mass is executed as champ letters decorated with gold leaf on an alternating red and blue background with delicate white tendril motifs.

Ghent

Probably from St Bavo's abbey, Ghent.