Plate CXXXVII · Temptations of Jesus Christ
Vol. XI (1953) · full-page plate
(da Catalogue d'une collection de manuscrits à miniatures des IXe-XVe siècles, Amsterdam 1929, tov. 88)
(da Kunst des Mittelalters [ars sacra], giugno-ott., Monaco 1950)
(fol. Spartaco Appetiti)
Above left: CHRIST ANSWERS SATAN'S TEMPTATIONS. Christ has a blue mantle, the web-footed devil has a yellow garment. Miniature of the Lombard school (ca. 1450). Leaf of an antiphonary. Above right: CHRIST DRIVES OUT SATAN. Detail of the portable altar of King Arnulf (ca. 870). - Munich. Below: CHRIST'S VICTORY OVER SATAN. Copper by Etienne Houutondji. French West Africa - Dahomey-Abomey - Rome, Exhibition of Missionary Art 1950.