Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Vitae patrum
Italy, Naples, between 1350 and 1375
MS M.626 fol. 130v

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1) Marina the Disguised: Scene, laboring -- At left, within cross-surmounted cell, Marina the Disguised, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habits, with both hands tipping jug which issues stream of water from spout.
2) Marina the Disguised: Scene, caring for Child -- Outside the cell, emerging from door, Marina the Disguised, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habit, with both hands lowered toward raised hands of youth, his shoulders grasped behind by veiled woman.
3) Marina the Disguised: Scene, Death and revealed as Woman -- Within room, body of Marina the Disguised, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habit, with arms crossed on breast, laying on draped bed, head on pillow, habit lifted to reveal genitals by foremost tonsured monk in group of monk’s, all beside abbot, nimbed, mitered, with right hand raised to face, all wearing monk’s habits, behind the bed.
4) Marina the Disguised: Scene, Mother confessing Sin -- At far right, within cross-surmounted cell, body of Marina the Disguised, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habit, with wrists crossed at waist, entombed in sarcophagus. Behind the sarcophagus, head of tonsured monk, wearing habit (partly visible), beside bust of woman, from mouth issuing horned and winged devil, with claw feet, raising both hands.
Scenes in common landscape framed by two trees.
Illustration at end of Life of Marina the Disguised.