Sujet

A Burial; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450. Creator: Workshop of the Bedford Master.

Légende

A Burial; Book of Hours, about 1440-1450. A priest uses an aspergillum to sprinkle holy water as the shrouded body is lowered into the grave. An angel lifts the dead man's soul to heaven, while the devil gesticulates in the background.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A79_219

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

70,8Mo (5,7Mo) / 34,7cm x 51,1cm / 4100 x 6034 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Latin people male man men religious arts country French France religion metal writing book guy fur color dead decoration decorative death medieval Christianity gold deity God angel good location century cemetery grave graves graveyard burial Bible burying floral literature priest Biblical holy water concept script devil decorated evil manuscript flowered funeral clergy shroud soul Colour floral pattern dead body mediaeval Floral Design Middle Ages gold leaf 15th century book of hours fifteenth century good versus evil illuminated manuscript tempera vellum manuscript Bedford Master Master of the Duke of Bedford Duke of Bedford Acolyte Heritage Art blackletter gothic script Master of the aspergillum acolytes Burying the dead folio recto Tempera colours gold leaf gold paint and ink Workshop of the Bedford Master Bedford Master workshop of