Agony in the Garden (fol. 148r)

• Original object type: Artefact

Description

The historiated initial shows Christ praying in the Garden of Gethsemane, while his disciples sleep. The border is decorated with speedwells, strawberries, pimpernels, acanthus leaves and a bird.

Context: Passion sequence according to Saint John: Passion domini nostri ihesu cristi: In illo tempore egressus est

• Date range: [ca.1480-1500]
• Date: 1490
• Collection: Medieval Manuscripts
• Physical Identifier: BC MS 9/42