St. Francis receiving the stigmata (c. 1430 - 1440) from Getty Museum Ms. 5

St. Francis receiving the stigmata (c. 1430 - 1440) from Getty Museum Ms. 5

Manuscript illumination

This illuminated page from a French Book of Hours shows St. Francis kneeling in prayer as he receives from an angel the stigmata, or the Christ's crucifixion wounds on his hands, feet, and torso. St. Francis receiving the stigmata is one of the more famous episodes from his hagiography, and he is often depicted with this iconography.

Master of Sir John Fastolf (French, active before about 1420 - about 1450)

Getty Museum Ms. 5, fol. 44v,  http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/2733/master-of-sir-john-fastolf-saint-francis-french-or-english-about-1430-1440/?dz=0.5000,0.6824,0.41

Getty Museum, Los Angeles, http://getty.edu

c. 1430 - 1440

Esther Cuenca

Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Open Content Program, http://www.getty.edu/about/whatwedo/opencontent.html

Still image

France
Late Middle Ages (1300-1500)
15th century
c. 1430 - 1440

Tempera colors, gold leaf, and ink on parchment

Leaf: 12.1 × 9.2 cm (4 3/4 × 3 5/8 in.)