Easter Sunday: the Resurrection

Sherborne Missal Author: Whas, John / Illustrator: Siferwas, John and others Sherborne, co. Dorset; circa 1399-1407 Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Add. 74236, p.216 [Whole page] Temporale, Easter Sunday.Text, with initial 'R', the Resurrection. In niches; 'Noli me tangere'; Christ seated, displaying wounds, with orb at feet; Bishop Mitford and Abbot Bruyning presented by St. Peter and St. Paul; John Whas and John Siferwas kneeling at base of column. Vignettes with Old Testament scenes including Samson carrying the gates of Gaza, the translation of Elijah, Samson destroying the lion, and David killing the bear. Lower margin; battle scene with wildmen and knights tilting at windmill. Image taken from Sherborne Missal. Originally published/produced in Sherborne, co. Dorset; circa 1399-1407.