Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Langres, ca. 1465
MS G.55 fol. 117v

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Anthony Abbot the Great, nimbed, holding walking stick in right hand and book and bell in left hand, stands amid flames; pig stands up on back legs before him. Figure is in windowed room, before three tapestries, inscribed VOS DE CELO AD ANTONIUM FACTA EST QUONIAM VIRILITER DIMICASTI ECCE (HIS) FACIAM TE NI TOTO ORBE NOMINARI ORA PRO NOBIS