Anonymous – France, (c. 1294)
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Monkey driving out a wild boar
- (c. 1294), tempera colors, paint, and ink on parchment
- Library Sainte-Geneviève, Paris
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, (c. 1294). This illustration is from “Le pontifical de Guillaume Durand” (ms. 143, fol. 98).
A pontifical (Pontificale) is the liturgical book which contains the rites for the performance of episcopal functions which are to be only celebrated by an officiating bishop.
Guillaume Durand (c. 1230-1296), also known as Durandus, Duranti or Durantis, was a French canonist and liturgical writer, and Bishop of Mende.