Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Golden legend
Belgium, Bruges, 1445-1465
MS M.672-5 III, fol. 292r

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Leo I the Great: Miracle of Hand -- Within architectural setting, woman, kneeling, kisses right hand of Leo I the Great, nimbed, wearing pope's vestments and triple-crowned tiara, holding papal cross in left hand. They are beside draped altar, surmounted by retable depicting figure of Virgin Mary and Crucifixion scene.
To right, within second architectural setting, crowd, including nuns, is seated around Leo I (represented twice), within pulpit, displaying healed right hand.