Manuscript Leaf with the Holy Communion, from a Book of Hours, ca. 1500, Made in Ghent-Bruges, Netherlands, South Netherlandish, Tempera, ink, and shell gold on parchment, 6 1/8 x 4 3/4 in. (15.6 x 12 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, The rubric at the top tells us that the prayers that follow are to be said before and after Communion. Therefore, the artist portrayed a priest administering the sacrament to a man in a fur-trimmed cloak, presumably the owner of the manuscript
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