Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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Italy, Naples, between 1350 and 1375
MS M.626 fol. 22r

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Hilarion of Cyprus: Scene, seeking Anthony Abbot the Great -- Among group of tonsured monks, wearing monk’s habits, four hooded, one holds rosary, all accompanying Hilarion of Cyprus, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habits, with both hands reading from open book with pseudo-inscriptions.
Scene in landscape with trees.
Illustration of Jerome, Life of Hilarion of Cyprus.