Figure descriptions
Two men build a monastery in which they entomb a living woman as religious sacrifice.
Manoli, a master mason, stands in the
centre and in profile view. He wears a long robe and holds a trowel in his right hand.
The woman, Manoli’s wife, reaches out from
the building’s decorated archway, grasping her husband’s arm and neck in a pleading
embrace. Her face expresses fear and
desperation. Behind Manoli, a workman in a headscarf delivers a brick to be laid.
The visible portion of the building features an
arched doorway decorated with fleurons and an encircled cross pattée. Wooden construction
beams are visible in the background.
Full-page illustration contained in a single-ruled
border.
