Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vitae patrum
Italy, Naples, between 1350 and 1375
MS M.626 fol. 63v

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Rufinus of Aquileia, De Vitis Patrum, Chapter 29: Illustration -- At left, nimbed monk, with left hand holding tau-staff and with right hand lowered to indicate kneeling monk, with joined hands raised, accompanied by group of seven monks (most with only heads visible), some gesturing, all tonsured, wearing monk’s habits.
At right, accompanied by group of nine monks (most with only heads visible), nimbed monk, with left hand holding tau-staff and with right hand lowered to indicate folded mat in flames; all the monks tonsured and wearing monk’s habits.
Scenes in common landscape.
Illustration of Rufinus of Aquileia, De Vitis Patrum, Chapter 29.