Christ at table from BL YT 13, f. 100
Summary
Bas-de-page scene of Christ and Mary at table with five others at the Wedding at Cana, with a caption reading, ‘Cy ih[es]u b[e]nquit les ysidres plein dewe si turna au vyn.’ Image taken from f. 100 of Book of Hours, Use of Sarum ('The Taymouth Hours'). Written in Latin and French.
Henry Yates Thompson (1838-1928) was a British collector and philanthropist who assembled this remarkable collection over his lifetime. The collection is now housed at the British Library in London.
Henry Yates Thompson was born into a wealthy family in 1838. Thompson began collecting manuscripts and other items in the 1870s. His collection quickly gained recognition for its exceptional quality and breadth. He had a keen eye for illuminated manuscripts, which are manuscripts decorated with intricate illustrations and calligraphy. The collection has a particular emphasis on medieval manuscripts.
In medieval illuminated manuscripts, bas-de-page scenes are unframed, sometimes whimsical images that appear below the written text and may or may not refer to it.
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