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Royal 2 B VII f. 241v Christ and Peter
Christ and Peter
Description: Miniature of four scenes in quatrefoils: (top left) Peter led out of prison by the angel, (top right) Christ enthroned, with the emblems of the Evangelists, (bottom left) the mystical institution of the Eucharist: Christ, with two disciples, behind an altar pointing to Himself in form of a child sitting on a corner of the altar, (bottom right) Christ washing Peter's feet, with a bas-de-page scene of an assisted Agatha before a king. 
Origin: England (London/Westminster or East Anglia?) 
Attribution: Queen Mary Master 


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