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Leaf Excised from the Tarleton Hours: Christ Carrying the Cross
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Although the Hours of the Virgin are traditionally illustrated with scenes from the early life of Christ, sometimes the Passion of Christ, or the events leading up to and immediately after the Crucifixion, are used. This scene of Christ carrying the cross, used for the sixth hour (Sext), is placed between a scene of flagellation, or beating, and the Crucifixion. This book of hours uses the feminine pronoun in prayers, indicating that it had a female owner.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLeaf Excised from the Tarleton Hours: Christ Carrying the Cross, c. 1430. Northern France, Normandy, Rouen?, 15th century. Ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum; overall: 15.3 x 11.1 cm (6 x 4 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection, 2001.77
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