
Jean Poyer
Trinity
ca. 1492–95
Prayer Book of Anne de Bretagne
Illuminated by Jean Poyer
126 x 80 mm
MS M.50 (fol. 1r)
The Pierpont Morgan Library, Purchased in 1905
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Poyer begins the Prayer Book of Anne de Bretagne with an image of the Three Persons of the Holy Trinity, which is a fundamental doctrine of Christianity. The picture illustrates the Our Father.
Poyer's Trinity is unusual. Instead of differentiating among the Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, he represents each as a young man with long hair.
Each figure of Poyer's Trinity holds an orb adorned with a cross, signifying Christ's salvation of the world.