M0004698: Pope Gregory the Great leading a procession in Rome

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Legend of Santangelo, from Les tres riches heures de Duc de Berry

A reproduction of a photograph of an illuminated manuscript showing Pope Gregory the Great leading a procession in Rome as a penitence to stop the plague in 590 CE. A vision of the Archangel Michael can be seen sheating his sword in acknowledgement. The manuscript is by the brothers Limbourg and Jean Colombe from the early 15th century.

9 August 1936

1 photograph sheet film negative; 10 x 12cm; photographic print; 7.5 x 11cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.