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MS M.50, Fol. 1

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

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.