The Eucharist Adored by Prophets Aaron and Isaiah and SS. Paul and Luke
Purchased on the Belle da Costa Greene Fund with the assistance of the Fellows and with special assistance of Mrs. Frederick B. Adams, Sr., Mrs. Robert Charles, Mr. Laurens M. Hamilton, The Heineman Foundation, Mrs. Donald F. Hyde, Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan
The miniatures marking the Thursday Hours of the Blessed Sacrament contain some unusually complex iconography. Text tags helped Catherine (as they help us today) identify the scenes. Here the Eucharistic wafer, mounted in a monstrance, is being worshipped by four men. The prophets Aaron and Isaiah are on the left; their scroll, quoting Exodus (12:48), tells us that no uncircumcised person shall eat of the Passover. On the right are saints Paul and Luke; their scroll, quoting the First Epistle to the Corinthians (11:28), demands that a man be worthy before partaking of the Eucharist.