Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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Italy, Naples, between 1350 and 1375
MS M.626 fol. 25v

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Hilarion of Cyprus: Scene, visited by Syrians -- Hilarion of Cyprus, nimbed, tonsured, wearing monk’s habit, gestures toward group of Syriac men and women, kneeling, most wear hats, headgear or caps, the foremost two with joined hands raised, all beneath arc of Heaven from which issues Hand of God.
Scene in landscape with trees.
Illustration of Jerome, Life of Hilarion of Cyprus.