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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. 116: De sanctis Cyriaco, Largo et Smaragdo (August 8)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Cyriacus / Life / Cyriacus and his companions (perhaps Largus and Smaragdus) are suspended in the air, and hot pitch is poured over them

Further details

By mistake, they are shown here hanged by their necks - according to the Legenda aurea they were beheaded after this torture.

Artist or creator

Straßburg (attributed)

Date

1362

Location

Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 6

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 136rb.

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