Physical Description
Description and Contents
MS 1-2006.1: parchment, 150 x 100 mm, 18 long lines ruled in red ink with 15 lines of text written in iron-gall ink on reverse
MS 355-1984: parchment pasted on paper, 153 x 100 mm
MS 1-2012.1: parchment pasted on paper, 154 x 101 mm
MS 1-2012.2: parchment pasted on paper, 152 x 104 mm
MS 1-2006.2: parchment pasted on paper, 155 x 103 mm
Ecce Homo ('Behold the man')
Standing at the top of a staircase, Pontius Pilate presents a scourged Christ, the 'King of the Jews', to a hostile crowd of men who gesture in response. A mantle, mimicking a royal cape, is draped over Christ’s shoulders and he clutches a palm branch instead of a sceptre. His hands are bound, but he does not wear the crown of thorns that is often included in depictions of the subject. The miniature is set within an architectural frame with trees and foliage forming an arch over the scene.