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St. Anthony Abbot of Egypt (fol. 154r)
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St. Anthony Abbot of Egypt (fol. 154r)

[1450-1475]

St. Anthony,holding a T-shaped crutch (Tau-cross), a book and a bell, stands in a fire (St. Anthony's fire), with a pig beside him. He is clad in the habit of his Order, a dark robe and cowl. In the b...

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A man and a monster (fol. 27v)
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A man and a monster (fol. 27v)

[ca. 142-?]

The historiated border includes a man carrying a basket full of bread or potatoes; and a grotesque in the form of a camel with (partly) bird's legs and a man's head with a large nose. The grotesque is...

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