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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT LEAF - BOOK OF HOURS
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This refined illumination depicts a Lamentation, a subject that became more and more popular in medieval art from the 11th century and which appears north of the Alps from the 14th century. Northern representations of the Lamentation, such as this one, are characterised by the centrality of the figure of Mary, who is often holding Christ across her lap. The other figures depicted here, as is typical, are two female figures (representing two of the Three Marys), St John and Nicodemus, who is holding a container with the embalming spices used to prepare the body of Christ for burial.

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