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Some medieval images of Germanus of Auxerre:
a) as depicted (at left; at right, abbot Heldric of the abbey of Saint-Germain in Auxerre) in a late tenth- or early eleventh-century copy (betw. 989 and 1010) of Haymo of Auxerre's commentary on Ezechiel (Paris, BnF, ms. Latin 12302, fol. 2r):
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10506542j/f7.item
b) as depicted in an early twelfth-century Office lectionary from the abbey of Saint-Pierre de la Couture in Le Mans (Le Mans, Médiathèque municipale, ms. 227, fol. 83r):
http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/Wave/savimage/enlumine/irht5/IRHT_082532-p.jpg
c) as depicted (presenting to the young St. Genovefa of Paris in place of other possible adornment a small coin that he had found marked with a cross and asking that she consecrate herself to Christ; at right, St. Lupus of Troyes) in a thirteenth-century (3d quarter?) collection of texts relating to Genovefa (Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, ms. 1283, fol. 4r):
http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/Wave/savimage/enlumine/irht16/IRHT_031449-p.jpg
d) as depicted (at left, presenting the coin to St. Genovefa of Paris in what seems to be a conflation of that donation with a consecration scene; at right, St. Lupus of Troyes) in an earlier fourteenth-century copy (1326-1350) of the _Legenda Aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 185, fol. 191v):
http://tinyurl.com/yc6847k
e) as depicted (founding a martyrial church for the newly discovered remains of St. Priscus of Auxerre and his companions) in an earlier fourteenth-century copy (ca. 1335) of Vincent of Beauvais' _Speculum historiale_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (Paris, BnF, ms. Arsenal 5080, fol. 203r):
http://tinyurl.com/nalh4sq
f) as depicted in the mid- to later fourteenth-century Breviary of Charles V (betw. 1347 and 1380; Paris, BnF, ms. Latin 1052, fol. 439r):
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84525491/f887.item
g) as depicted in a mid-fourteenth-century copy (1348; from the workshop of Richard and Jeanne de Montbaston) of the _Legenda aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 241, fol. 181r):
http://tinyurl.com/p2uzsyp
h) as depicted (founding a martyrial church for the newly discovered remains of St. Priscus of Auxerre and his companions) in a later-fourteenth-century copy (ca. 1370-1380) of Vincent of Beauvais' _Speculum historiale_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (Paris, BnF, ms. Nouvelle acquisition française 15941, fol. 72r):
http://tinyurl.com/pneej6s
Mise-en-page (illumination at lower right):
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8449688c/f151.item
i) as portrayed in a fifteenth-century polychromed wooden statue in the église Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris:
http://tinyurl.com/pf77ykm
j) as depicted in an earlier fifteenth-century breviary (ca. 1414) for the Use of Paris (Châteauroux, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 2, fol. 257r):
http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/Wave/savimage/enlumine/irht2/IRHT_054100-p.jpg
k) as depicted in an early fifteenth-century Office lectionary (before 1426) from the abbey of St. Magloire in Paris (Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, ms. 399, fol. 111v):
http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/Wave/savimage/enlumine/irht17/IRHT_08202-p.jpg
l) as depicted in two scenes (at left, being rebuked by a nimbed St. Amator; at right, his consecration as bishop) in a later fifteenth-century copy from Bruges (ca. 1445-1460) of the _Legenda aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.0672, fol. 357v):
http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/105/135969
m) as depicted (in the scene at left, presenting the coin to the young St. Genovefa of Paris; to Germanus' rear, St. Lupus of Troyes) in a later fifteenth-century copy from Bruges (ca. 1460-1470) of the _Legenda aurea_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay followed by the _Festes nouvelles_ attributed to Jean Golein (Mâcon, Médiathèque municipale, ms. 3, fol. 248r):
http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/Wave/savimage/enlumine/irht6/IRHT_095402-p.jpg
n) as depicted (presenting the coin to the young St. Genovefa of Paris; at left, St. Lupus of Troyes) in a later fifteenth-century copy (1463) of Vincent of Beauvais' _Speculum historiale_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 51, fol. 378r):
http://tinyurl.com/ygm2qnw
o) as depicted in a later fifteenth-century book of hours of Loire valley origin (ca. 1475) for the Use of Paris (New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library, MS G.1.II, fol. 272r):
http://ica.themorgan.org/manuscript/page/70/76958
p) as depicted (operating a miracle) in a later fifteenth-century copy (ca. 1480-1490) of Vincent of Beauvais' _Speculum historiale_ in its French-language version by Jean de Vignay (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 245, fol. 15r):
http://tinyurl.com/oaj7v6w
q) as depicted (presenting the coin to the young St. Genovefa of Paris; at left, St. Lupus of Troyes) in a late fifteenth-century missal (ca. 1492) for the Use of Paris (Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, ms. 412, fol. 315r):
http://www.enluminures.culture.fr/Wave/savimage/enlumine/irht17/IRHT_08569-p.jpg
Best,
John Dillon
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Subject: [M-R] FEAST - a saint for the day (July 31): St. Germanus of Auxerre
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“When in a short time Amator died, Germain was unanimously chosen to fill the vacant see, being consecrated 7 July, 418. His education now served him in good stead in the government of the diocese, which he administered with great sagacity. He distributed his goods among the poor, practised great austerities, and built a large monastery dedicated to Saints Cosmas and Damian on the banks of the Yonne, whither he was wont to retire in his spare moments.” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanus_of_Auxerre)
Peace,
Matt H.
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