PLATE XXV

The soldiers binding Christ

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 481, fol. 105 a

PLATE XXVI

The soldiers tying Christ's hands and spitting in His face

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 68 a

PLATE XXVII

How the Jews crucified our Lord. The Virgin Mary stands on His right and St. John on His left. Between the Virgin and the Cross stands Longinus, the soldier who pierced our Lord's side. The Crusaders are said to have found the body of Longinus in the church of St. Peter at Antioch in the XIth century

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 72 a

PLATE XXVIII

Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus taking Christ down from the Cross

From Brit. Mus. Orient. No. 510, fol. 73 a

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