Image of Portrait of Saint Cosme (Como or Cosimo) and Saint Damian

Portrait of Saint Cosme (Como or Cosimo) and Saint Damian twin brothers born in the...

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Image title: Portrait of Saint Cosme (Como or Cosimo) and Saint Damian twin brothers born in the 3rd century, doctors of medicine, represented here one with a glass vial and the other with a mortar and pestle. Miniature taken from “Isabella Breviary” (Isabella's Breviary) commissioned by Isabelle of Castile (Isabella the Catholic), 1490-1497.
Location: British Library, London, UK
Date: 1490 AD - 1497 AD (C15th AD)

Image description: Institution Reference: Shelfmark ID: Add 18851. Folio No: 462 (detail)
Photo credit: From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: art / chemistry / science / colour / illumination (manuscript) / twin / manuscript / miniature / physics / religion / saint / Saint Cosma / Saint Damian

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