MS G.55 fol. 117v
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Hours of Pierre de Bosredont
France, Langres
ca. 1465
157 x 113 mm
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984
MS G.55 fol. 117v
Description:
A nimbed Anthony Abbot the Great, holding a walking stick in his right hand and a book and bell in his left hand, stands amid flames. A pig stands on its back legs in front of him. The figure is in a windowed room hung with three tapestries. One is inscribed VOS DE CELO AD ANTONIUM FACTA EST QUONIAM VIRILITER DIMICASTI ECCE (HIS) FACIAM TE NI TOTO ORBE NOMINARI ORA PRO NOBIS.