Leeds University Digital Library

Burial service (fol. 7v)

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: 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

  • Date range: [ca. 1470-1480]
  • Date: 1475
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2015 19:42
  • Last Modified: 06 Apr 2018 11:15