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RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Saints / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints of the Legenda Aurea / Manuscripts / French translation of Jean de Vignay / Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fr. 244-245 (Master of Jacques de Besançon, 1480-1490) / Fr. 245
Saints / Cycles / Manuscripts and Prints of the Legenda Aurea / cap. 101: De Septem Dormientibus (July 27)
Saints / Saints A - Z / Seven Sleepers of Ephesus / Lives / Malchus, one of the seven, escapes from the persecution of Decius
Saints / Saints A - Z / Seven Sleepers of Ephesus / Lives / Emperor Theodosius and Bishop Martin go to the cave where the seven men had woken up

Further details

The significance of the lower scene, a man escaping whilst a king talks to a soldier, is not clear, but it could mean Malchus, sent by the other to Ephesus to buy bread, learning of the impending prosecution and running away to warn the other six men.

Artist or creator

Master of Jacques de Besançon (François le Barbier, active c1480-1498)

Date

1480 (circa) - 1490

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, fr. 245

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 8r.

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