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St. Martin kissing a leper.

From a 14 century medieval script

In: De Keyzer, Walter u.a.: La Lèpre dans les Pays-Bas (XIIe-XVIIIe siècles). Brüssel 1989, p. 20.

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Johannes Birk (?), Stiftung des Gotzhaus Kempten ("Karlschronik"), ca. 1499-1500, (Bayrische Staatsbibliothek München, cgm 9470, folio 65r)

Queen Hildegard and her son Louis the Pious next to a man suffering from leprosy, who is healed by the hand of god

#medieval history #history #leprosy #middle ages #medieval art #medical history #medieval #illuminated manuscript #leper #manuscript #Hildegard #charlemagne #Kempten #monastery

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Clerics with leprosy receiving instructions from a bishop, initial letter "C" , James le Palmer’s Omne bonum, 1360-1375, (British Library MS Royal 6 E. VI, vol. 2, folio 301rb)

#history #medieval #leprosy #medieval art #medical history #illuminated manuscript #middle ages #manuscript #medieval history #leper #clerics #bishop

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Stamp seal of the leprosorium Melaten in Cologne, (1249), Historical Archive Cologne

And here is the seal of the same leprosorium of the 13th century. The inscription says: SIGILLVM LEPROSORVM COLONIENISIVM [sic] (seal of the lepers of Cologne).

On the right we see a rich resident of the city titled DIVES. On the left LAZARUS, above him the hand of god.

Notice the little dog, licking the sores at his legs.

Photo: Copyright © Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln

#see my last post #history #middle ages #medieval art #leprosy #melaten #cologne #seal #stamp seal #leper #medieval #medical history

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Stamp seal of the leprosorium Melaten in Cologne, (c. 1570), Kölnisches Stadtmuseum

The inscription reads: SIGILLVM LEPROSORVM EXTRA MVROS CIVITATIS COLONIE(NSI)S (seal of the lepers outside the walls of the city of Cologne)

Photo: Copyright © 2010, Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln

#i know it's technically early modern era #but it's based on the ones from the 13th century #see my second post #medieval #leprosy #middle ages #medieval art #seal #stamp seal #leper #leprosorium #cologne #melaten #art #history

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A nun feeding a leprosy sufferer in bed (initial letter D), unknown artist (c. 1275–1300), part of a psalter made in Engelberg, Switzerland, J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. Ludwig VIII 3 (83.MK.94), folio 43

#history #leprosy #medieval #medieval art #medieval history #medical history #illuminated manuscript #manuscript #middle ages #leper #nun #psalter

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Vincent of Beauvais (c. 1184-1264), Speculum Historiale (century manuscript. XIV). Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, folio 373r

A leper and a wounded man are refused entry into the city by a resident/burgher at the main gates, holding out his arms in rejection.

The leper is portrayed with the typical clothing and wooden clapper to announce his presence.

He is depicted disproportionatly larger than the other two characters, emphasizing the important social role of the diseased in the humanitarian view of the church and their concept of caritas, in contrast to the common attitude of social exclusion.

#medieval #medieval art #leprosy #leper #illuminated manuscript #manuscript #history #medical history #middle ages

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stamp seal of the leprosorium Beiderwies in Passau (Photo: Oberhausmuseum Passau)

#medieval #history #medieval history #leprosy #leprosorium #leper #middle ages #art #seal #stamp seal #medical history #leper colony

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Four lepers at the gate of Samaria, France, 1372, Petrus Comestor's "Bible Historiale" (manuscript "Den Haag, MMW, 10 B 23")

The manuscript depicts the biblical story of 2 Kings 7:3-20 during the aramean siege of the city of Samaria. According to the story, the four lepers bring the news of the enemy's miraculous retreat to the guards at the gates and thus saving the city from starvation

Typical for the time period, the illustrator depicted characters from antiquity and biblical times in contemporary medieval sorroundings and wearing medieval clothing. Thus we can see the four lepers wearing the typical wide cloak and brim hat of the 14th and 15th century as well as the wooden clapper identifying them as leprous.

#history #medieval #medieval history #leprosy #leper #middle ages #manuscript #illuminated manuscript #aussatz #medieval art #high middle ages #lepers #bible

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Hoi!

i'm Lenka, i'm from germany and i love history, especially everything to do with the middle ages

the pupose of this blog is the collection and archivation of various depictions of leprosy (or all the different diseases that were put under this category at the time) in manuscripts and illustrations of the high and late middle ages in central europe

i always found it incredibly hard to find comprehensive sources on this topic and visual depictions are quite rare. so i hope this blog will serve (me and maybe others) as a place to collect all the information i can find

if you have any interesting sources yourself, feel free to message me!

Thanks and have fun ♡

man with leprosy with his typical wide brim hat and leper bell, 1425, MS Lansdowne 451, folio 127r, British Library

little disclaimer: i'm neither an expert in the field, nor do i have a background in historical science. everything i do here is just my hobby, so sorry if you find any mistakes