Fragment of an Antiphonary with Historiated Initial (S): The Stoning of St. Stephen

c. 1370–72 Source image
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Saint Stephen is honored as the Christian church's first martyr. The illuminator of this initial has crowded the scene of the saint's death within the interior space of the letter S. Stephen emerges from the lower curve as his tormentors hurl stones from above. The center curv...

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