Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual

South Italian

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Saint Peter Martyr was killed outdoors by heretics after delivering an Easter sermon denouncing them. To represent his feast, however, this artist relied on the formula that had already been widely adopted for Saint Thomas Becket, murdered by knights of Henry II inside Canterbury Cathedral.

Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual, Tempera and ink on parchment, South Italian

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Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual, Tempera and ink on parchment, South Italian
Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual, Tempera and ink on parchment, South Italian
Manuscript Leaf with the Martyrdom of Saint Peter Martyr in an Initial P, from a Gradual, Tempera and ink on parchment, South Italian

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