Leeds University Digital Library

St. Catherine of Alexandria (fol. 136v)

  • Original object type: Artefact
  • Title: St. Catherine of Alexandria (fol. 136v)
  • Description:

    The miniature depicts St. Catherine holding a palm branch and a sword, the instrument of her martyrdom. A wheel, her symbol, is beside her. She is wearing a gown made of ermine fur and a crown, referring to her supposed royal descent.

    Context: Suffrages: Saint Catherine: Virgo sancta katherina grecie gemma

  • Date range: [ca. 1490]
  • Date: 1490
  • Depositing User: - libemu
  • Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2015 19:40
  • Last Modified: 10 Aug 2018 09:56