"They took the body of Jesus,
and bound it in linen cloths with the spices,
as is the burial custom ..."
John 19.40.
The scene: Jerusalem, Judea, 30CE.
The event:
John
19.31-42.
Dead Christ - A Mantegna.
Brera, Milan.
Illustration: ' Italian Painting' A Skira. Page 157. Copyright 1950 (Switzerland)
Editions Albert Skira, Geneva. A
Zwemmer.