Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 195r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1405. The scribe Johannes Parvus signed his name on f. 206v.
Notes: This miniature begins the Suffrage to St. Apollonia of Alexandria. According to the legend, she was tortured by having her teeth pulled out before throwing herself into the same fire that the soldiers of the Emperor Philip used to threaten her to renounce her faith. For this reason, she has became the patron saint of tooth ailments, and later, dentistry. This miniature was painted by the Luçon Master, one of the finest painters working in France in the beginning of the fifteenth century. His work is a prime example of the International Style, a style associated with courtly European culture at this time.
Notes: Torture of St. Apollonia
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1457701
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1415
Image Dimensions Width: 210 mm
ShelfMark: Widener 4
Creator Name: Luçon Master - Artist
Johannes Parvus (a.k.a. Jean Le Petit) - Scribe