Légende

Four miniatures, c1295-c1310. At top right a female saint emerges from the body of a dragon as the hand of God makes a sign of blessing above her. Margaret the Virgin was supposedly swallowed by Satan in the shape of a dragon. She escaped alive when the cross she carried irritated the dragon's innards. Psalter and Horae.

Date

1295

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A14_400

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,2Mo) / 30,0cm x 41,8cm / 3538 x 4937 (300dpi)

Mots clés

unusual female women woman people library hand religious arts religion escape window book color decoration decorative medieval Christianity prayer praying deity God saint saints Santa dragon century literature miniature concept monster mythology devil santo decorated Satan British Library manuscript escaping Colour mythical creature Lucifer mediaeval Middle Ages 14th century Fourteenth Century Thirteenth Century 13th century book of hours good versus evil illuminated manuscript mythical beast psalter the body the Devil Margaret St Margaret manuscript Unknown Margaret of St Saint Margaret Margaret of Antioch St Marina Saint Marina Antioch Saint Margaret of Antioch mythical creatures Margaret the Virgin Saint Marina the Great Martyr St Margaret of Antioch Heritage Art mythical beasts hand of God mythological creature in prayer