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