Leeds University Digital Library

The Massacre of the Innocents (fol. 111v)

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: The Massacre of the Innocents (fol. 111v)
  • Description:

    The border is historiated with the scene of the Massacre of the Innocents. In the foreground a soldier, clad in armour, pulls a baby from the mother and raises his sword. Behind them another soldier, clad in armour, holds a baby by the leg and raises his sword, while the mother kneels behind him. Three figures on horseback are behind them. The background has trees and a blue sky. The border is further decorated with speedwells and blue thistles.

    Context: Hours of the Virgin: Te vesper tijt: God wilt dencken in mijn hulp

  • Date range: [ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]
  • Date: 1500
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2015 20:19
  • Last Modified: 09 May 2018 10:16