Showing posts with label saints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label saints. Show all posts

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Friday, December 4, 2009

Head of St. John the Baptist, Amiens Cathedral

Is it really him? Well, it's impossible to be certain, but I've been studying the history behind relics like this long enough to know that excessive skepticism is as much a mistake as excessive credulity.
(Photo Credit)

Monday, November 30, 2009

St. Gabriel

Byzantine steatite carving. Museo Bandini, Fiesole.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

St. Martin im Muehlkreis, Austria

St. Martin
SS Christopher and Sebastian
SS Mary Magdalen and Catherine of Alexandria
St. Dorothy
Donors from the Volkra family.

(Photo Credit)

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Leyden St. Louis Psatlter

1190-1200. Leyden University Library. This was made for Geoffrey Plantagenet, Archbishop of York, and was used by St. Louis.


Monday, May 18, 2009

Cover of a 12th-13th century manuscript on St. Stephen. Bavarian National Museum.

Friday, May 8, 2009

St. Michael

12th century mosaic at La Martorana, Palermo.

St. Michael

By Gonzalo Perez, 15th century.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

St. Christopher

With St. Maur and St. Aegidius, by Hans Memling.
By Joachim Patinir
With St. Catherine, by Leonhard Beck. c1510-1515
By Dieric Bouts
With St. Anthony the Abbot. Seville School, c1470.
With St. Odilia and the Margrave Christoph of Baden, c1519.
By Hieronymus Bosch
15th century fresco at San Nazaro Maggiore, Milan
By Hans Memling
By Konrad Witz

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