Manuscript Leaf Cutting showing an Illuminated Initial R with St. Protasius and St. Gervasius
Olivetan Master Lombard
Not on view
From the delicate inscriptions in white lettering, barely visible on the sides of the initial R, the figures can be identified as the twin saints Gervase and Protase. According to their legend, they were martyred during the second century in Milan and became patron saints of the city. Although the brothers dedicated all their belongings to the poor, their familial wealth is suggested by their richly adorned, fur-trimmed garments, which reflect mid-fifteenth-century courtly fashions.
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