Item No: mca2122102
Additional Title: Book of Hours
Rare Book Department
This miniature decorates the Suffrage to St. Catherine. Suffrages were short prayers to saints that were often included at the ends of books of hours and were typically decorated with portraits of the saints to whom they were addressed. St. Catherine is shown here holding a sword and a palm, a symbol of martyrdom, and standing over the fallen body of a ruler. Legend holds that St. Catherine tried to convince the Emperor Maxentius to stop persecuting Christians. For this, she was tortured by being tied to a wheel, her usual attribute.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
Image Dimensions Width:
Lewis E 212