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Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Unknown – illuminator
Title
Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger
title QS:P1476,en:"Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger"
label QS:Len,"Initial P: Saint Paul Giving a Letter to a Messenger"
Object type Folio
Description
Within this large initial P , Saint Paul, at left, passes a scroll representing his letter to the Ephesians to a messenger, at right. God looks on from above, indicating that he is the source of Paul's text. The initial is supported by a young man who bends under its weight. This image may allude to a phrase from Paul's letter found at the bottom of the page to the left: "Bear one another's burdens; and so you will fulfill the laws of Christ." A dragon and a bird threaten the man from both sides with their mouths open and their wings outstretched. The dragon was a common symbol of evil in the Middle Ages, and its presence here suggests that the man faces moral troubles.
Date about 1280 - 1290
Medium "Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment"
Dimensions height: 375 mm (14.76 in); width: 248 mm (9.76 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,375U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,248U174789
institution QS:P195,Q29247
Accession number
lido.getty.edu-gm-obj3193
Notes More info at museum site
Source/Photographer 3wHmpKAgaa8P6Q at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level
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