St. Philip
ca. 1440
The Netherlands, Utrecht
MS M.917/945, pp. 226–227
Purchased on the Belle da Costa Greene Fund with the assistance of the Fellows, 1963
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The apostle Philip holds a book and a cross-staff. The baking scene in the border alludes to him as patron of pastry cooks. The food depicted in the two bottom margins was part of the celebration of 1 May, the joint feast of Philip and James.