ca. 1515
Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)
Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 31r
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910
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Christ: Deposition—On two ladders flanking the cross, Joseph of Arimathea and another man lower the body of Christ, who is wearing a crown of thorns. A third man holds Him at His waist. Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary, who is veiled and kneeling, assist Him.
The miniature and text are framed by a border decorated with foliate ornament.