Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Golden legend
Belgium, Bruges, 1445-1465
MS M.672-5 I, fol. 61r

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Sylvester of Rome: before Constantine the Great -- Sylvester, wearing triple-crowned tiara, stands beside Constantine the Great, crowned, reclining in canopied bed, arms crossed at breast. Sylvester indicates with right hand painted panel (icon) with likenesses of Apostles Peter and Paul hung on wall above draped cabinet.
Various containers, including pitcher, ewer, bowl, cup, are also on top of cabinet. On wall, beside panel, is plaque inscribed with pseudo-inscriptions and rubrics.
In addition to cabinet and bed, bedroom is furnished with bookshelf on wall with two chained books and chair beside bed. In small room to left of bedroom, stork and dog appear beside chair under window with shutters.