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Royal 2 B VII f. 253 Passion of Christ and Peter
Passion of Christ and Peter
Description: Miniature of four scenes of the Passion of Christ in quatrefoils with (top left) Christ bearing the Cross, (top right) the Virgin Mary supporting the cross, assisted by a man with a hammer, (bottom left) Christ being nailed to the cross, (bottom right) Christ raised upon the cross, with the Jews mocking, with a bas-de-page scene of Peter crucified upside down, with two men tying knots at his feet. 
Origin: England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?) 
Attribution: Queen Mary Master 


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