Item Info

Language: Latin
Folio Number: front (true verso)
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

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This item appeared in the exhibition "Sacred Stories: The World's Religious Traditions" in the Rare Book Department, August 2015-January 2016.

This is the label from that exhibition:

These full-page miniatures have been cut from a Flemish book of hours painted by the Master of Guillebert de Metz. Each depict an important moment in the lives of two Christian saints. In one, Saint Christopher carries the infant Jesus across a dangerous river. In the other, St. Ursula and her 11,000 virgin companions are martyred in the port of Cologne after she refuses to marry the king of the Huns.

Notes: St. Christopher Carrying the Christ Child
Notes: This miniature probably prefaced the Suffrage to St. Christopher in a book of hours. According to his legend, a small child asked St. Christopher, a man of fearsome size, to carry him across a river. The weight of the child was much greater than any weight the giant had carried before. When the giant inquired, the child revealed that he was Christ and that he was so heavy because he bore the sins of the world. The miniature was painted by an artist who has been associated with the Flemish scribe Guillebert de Metz.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1481926
Country: Country:Flanders

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1450
Image Dimensions Width: 180 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 5:20
Creator Name: Master of Guillebert of Metz - Artist