Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

626. MS M.399, fol. 316v

ca. 1515

Da Costa hours
Illuminated by Simon Bening (1483/84–1561)

Ghent, Belgium
172 x 125 mm
MS M.399, fol. 316v

Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837–1913), 1910

Rochus of Montpellier: displaying leg wound―An angel wearing vestments indicates with both hands a wound on the leg of a nimbed Rochus of Montpellier, who is pulling his garments up to show a wound. He wears a pilgrim's hat and carries a staff in his left hand. A dog sitting beside him holds a loaf in its mouth. A building appears in the background.

The scene is framed by a border decorated with flowers, including viola, roses, and a strawberry, and inhabited by a butterfly and birds, including a peacock.