The canon of Poitiers by Henry Shaw

The canon of Poitiers

Henry Shaw

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The canon of Poitiers

Henry Shaw

The canon of Poitiers, c1350, (1843). Incised tomb slab brought from the Abbey of St Genevieve, showing the canon of Poitiers and chancellor of Noyon. He is wearing an alb with fleurs de lys and roses, and chasuble. On his maniple and stole is an Etruscan character. On his head is a canonical vestment called the amyse. He holds a chalice and paten, and his feet rest on a dragon from whose mouth proceed a rose and vine. symbolising the triumph of Christianity over Paganism and Infidelity. He is flanked by St John the Evangelist, and John the Baptist holding the lamb, and representations of the resurrection. There are also small figures of saints, St Julien with his oliphant, St Eloy, Bishop of Noyon, is represented with a hammer, and St Michael opposite. Below are two relatives of the deceased, Jaquet and Isabeau. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).

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