5. Carmen in laudem Petri Mocenigi
7. Hours of the Virgin (Rouen)
8. Life and Miracles of St. Francis
10. Psalter
12. Statutes
13. Stimulus Amoris
14. Varii
Creator: Jacobus de Milano
Publication place: Touraine, France
Date of Publication: s. XV
Provenance: Unknown
Interpretation: The Stimulus of Love is a pseudo-Dionysian mystical treatise often attributed to St. Bonaventure. Very popular, it survives in approximately 130 medieval manuscripts. Shown here is the historiated initial with which the manuscript opens, depicting a half-length image of Christ wearing a crown of thorns and displaying his wounds. The style suggests that it was painted at Tours by an illuminator in the workshop of Jean Bourdichon.
Contributor: Richard Rouse
