Manuscript Illumination with Saint Stephen in an Initial S, from an Antiphonary

Master of the Brussels Initials Italian

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Shown holding a palm and a large book, this handsome figure wears a beautiful orange and gold dalmatic, a liturgical garment with wide sleeves worn by deacons of the church. The trickles of blood at his scalp and the three stones curiously resting on his head identify him
as Saint Stephen, who was stoned at the hands of an angry mob. The first Christian martyr, his death is described in the Acts of the Apostles.

Manuscript Illumination with Saint Stephen in an Initial S, from an Antiphonary, Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, Bologna, active ca. 1390–ca. 1420), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian

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Manuscript Illumination with Saint Stephen in an Initial S, from an Antiphonary, Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, Bologna, active ca. 1390–ca. 1420), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian
Manuscript Illumination with Saint Stephen in an Initial S, from an Antiphonary, Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, Bologna, active ca. 1390–ca. 1420), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian
Manuscript Illumination with Saint Stephen in an Initial S, from an Antiphonary, Master of the Brussels Initials (Italian, Bologna, active ca. 1390–ca. 1420), Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Italian

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