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Saints / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints of the Legenda Aurea / Manuscripts / German translation ('Alsatian Legenda Aurea') / Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 6 (probably Straßburg, 1362) / fol. 100-210
Saints / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints of the Legenda Aurea / cap. 100: De sancto Christophero (July 25)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Christopher / Life / Christopher is beaten with clubs
Saints / Saints A - Z / Christopher / Life / A red-hot helmet is put on Christopher's head
Saints / Saints A - Z / Christopher / Life / Christopher is bound to an iron bench standing in the fire
Saints / Saints A - Z / Christopher / Life / Shot with arrows by 400 soldiers - none reaches him

Further details

The beating with clubs is not mentioned in the Golden Legend. The lone archer shown here may allude to the 400 archers who could not harm Christopher.

Artist or creator

Straßburg (attributed)

Date

1362

Location

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 6

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 123rb.

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