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The Temptation of Saint Anthony; Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, 1469. Creator: Lieven van Lathem.

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The Temptation of Saint Anthony; Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, 1469. Additional Info:Saint Anthony looks up from his prayer book and rosary to see a beautiful woman offering a chalice. Anthony Abbot withdrew to the Egyptian desert in the 300s to live a hermit's life. According to his biographer, Anthony endured many assaults from the devil in the form of seductive and horrible visions. Here the illuminator, Lieven van Lathem, presented the saint's desert retreat as if it were situated outside a prosperous Flemish town of the 1400s, while the alluring woman is shown in fashionable attire of the time. Anthony wears the black robe of the order of Hospitallers, which took Saint Anthony as its patron saint. Given a papal dispensation that allowed their pigs to roam freely in medieval towns, the order took on the animal as its emblem. In this miniature van Lathem has depicted a pig at Anthony's side.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

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HRM24A71_199

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Droits gérés

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48,1Mo (2,7Mo) / 28,7cm x 42,0cm / 3388 x 4960 (300dpi)

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