Leaf Excised from the Tarleton Hours: Christ Carrying the Cross

c. 1430

Northern France, Normandy, Rouen?, 15th century

Medium

ink, tempera, silver, and gold on vellum

Measurements

Overall: 15.3 x 11.1 cm (6 x 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Jeanne Miles Blackburn Collection 2001.77

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Location

Not on view

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Description

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.